Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Presidents
Presidential Cabinet
100
The two houses of Congress
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
100

Supreme Court judges are called this

What are Justices?

100

The leader of the executive branch.

Who is the President?

100
The branch the President is the head of
What is the Executive Branch?
100

This person elects a group of advisors called a Cabinet

Who is the President?

200
The building that Congress gathers in
What is the Capitol building?
200

The name given to a person being sued or accused of a crime

What is a Defendant?

200

Name given to the President as the head of military forces

What is the Commander in Chief?

200
The president can do this to bills passed by Congress
What is veto, or reject?
200

Other cabinet leaders (besides the Attorney General) are called this

What are "Secretaries"? [Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense etc]

300

Each term of Congress is divided into two meetings called this

What are sessions?

300
The authority to hear and decide a case
What is jurisdiction?
300

The most powerful of the President's white house staff.

Who is the Chief of Staff?

300

This circle features a bald eagle holding an olive tree branch and arrows in its talons.

What is the Presidential seal?

300

This important document does not mention the cabinet

What is the Constitution of the United States?

400

These must pass both houses of Congress and be signed off by the President to become a law

What is a bill?

400
A court order requiring someone to appear in court
What is a subpoena?
400

The Department handles our relationships with foreign countries. This includes diplomatic relationships with over 180 other countries.

What is the State Department?

400
The President assigns this person to represent the U.S. government to foreign governments
What is an ambassador?
400

The head of the Department of Justice

Who is the Attorney General?

500
After the approved bill is sent to the President, the president can sign the bill into law, veto the bill, or do this
What is to ignore the bill?
500

A group of citizens who decides if there is enough evidence to bring a case to trial

What is a Grand Jury?

500

Power of the president to appoint office positions, ex: cabinet members, Attorney General, U.S. Marshalls, ambassador. REQUIRES Senate approval.

What is the Appointment Power?

500

A command that has the same force as a law

What is an Executive Order?

500

The newest cabinet department; established in 2002 to keep the nation safe from terrorists.

What is the Department of Homeland Security?

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