The U.S Constitution
Deals with the legislative branch of government
What is the first Article or Article 1?
A branch of the government that makes the laws
What is the Legistlative Branch?
Date and day a newly-elected president takes the oath of office
What is January 20th, or Inauguration Day?
Group of men and women who are the president's closest advisors.
Who is the Cabinet?
Name of the highest court in the United States
What is the Supreme Court?
Laws are passed by a ______ vote? (more than half)
What is majority?
The amount of amendments to the Constitution
What is 27?
Branch that the Supreme Court belongs to
The president must be at least ____ old, a natural-born citizen of the U.S, and have lived in the U.S for at least ____ years.
What is 35 and 14?
Sections of the executive branch overseen by the president, which are not as important as Cabinet departments, but are essential to the mission of the U.S.
What are the independent agencies?
Titles of the men and women who serve on the high court?
What are Justices, or judges?
Americans choose them to make the laws for them. They carry out the will of the people, or they are replaced during the next election.
Who are the Representatives?
Concerns the executive branch of the government
What is the 2nd Article or Article 2?
The branch that has the power to veto laws and send troops overseas.
What is the Executive Branch?
The framers (writers) of the Constitution separated the government into three branches. This is called the...
What is the Separation of Powers?
Businesses run by the U.S government to provide specific services to the people, such as the United States Postal Service and the FDIC?
What is a government corporation?
Lowest federal courts under the judicial system
What are the district courts?
Word for the legislative branch of our federal government. Made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is Congress?
What is the Bill of Rights?
Branch of the government that can overrule all decisions made by lower courts
What is the Judicial Branch?
Made up of men and women from different states, determined by the total number of representatives and senators a state has, chooses the President and Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
In order of succession, who will take over in the event the president dies (first 3 people)
Who is the...
1. Vice President
2. Speaker of the House of Representatives
3. President pro tempore of the Senate
How long does a Justice serve once appointed by the president and approved by the Senate
What is life?
The amount of articles the constitution is divided into
What is 7?
Branch of the government that can impeach the president...
What is the Legislative Branch?
The system adopted in the U.S. Constitution which allows each branch of government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.
What is Checks and Balances?
The five categories that the powers of the President can be put into
(May include Chief Diplomat)
The Supreme Court is made up of _____ justices, or judges. One Chief Justice and eight associate justices.
What is 9?
What is 400 thousand dollars, and what is Congress?