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
He elects a group of advisors called a Cabinet
Who is the President?
200
The building where Congress meets
What is the Capitol building?
200
The parties to a civil lawsuit
Plaintiff and Defendant
200
Businesses that are not owned and run by the government. They rely on donations and charities.
What are NGO's (Non-Government Organizations)?
200
The president can do this to bills passed by Congress
What is veto, or reject?
200
Other cabinet members besides the attorney general are called this
What are secretaries?
300
This is the number of years a senator serves and the number of years a representative serves
Senators-6 years; Representatives-2 years
300
The authority to hear and decide a case
What is jurisdiction?
300
The most powerful of the 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
After the bill passes in the Senate, it goes
To the House of Representatives
400
A court order requiring someone to appear in court
What is a subpoena?
400
This is the person who would take over if the President and Vice President were to die.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
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, ignore it, or do this
What is to veto the bill?
500
Where the state and federal courts exist side by side
What is a dual court system?
500
This person would take over if the President, VP and the next in line were to die.
President of the Senate
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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