Constitution and amendments
How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
What is 27?
Who was the first president of the United States?
Who is George Washington?
What is the highest court in the United States?
What is the Supreme Court?
What branch is the President part of?
What is the Executive Branch?
How many members are in the House of Representatives?
What is 435?
What is the first 10 amendments called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
Who was a famous Enlightenment thinker who influenced the Declaration of Independence?
Who is John Locke?
What is judicial review?
What is the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional?
What branch is the Supreme Court part of?
What is the Judicial Branch?
What is the term length for a Senator?
What is 6 years?
What does “checks and balances” mean?
What is the system where each branch of government limits the powers of the others?
Who wrote The Prince and is known for political realism?
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
What type of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court have when it hears cases first?
What is original jurisdiction?
What is the main role of the Legislative Branch?
What is to make laws?
Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?
What is the Speaker of the House?
Which Article of the Constitution created the Legislative Branch?
What is Article I?
Who was the main author of the Federalist Papers?
Who is Alexander Hamilton (also James Madison and John Jay)?
What is a writ of certiorari?
What is an order by the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s case?
Which article of the Constitution discusses the Judicial Branch?
What is Article III?
What does bicameral mean?
What is having two chambers or houses in the legislature?
What is the Elastic Clause?
What is the part of the Constitution that allows Congress to make laws necessary and proper for carrying out its powers?
Who was the Chief Justice in Marbury v. Madison?
Who is John Marshall?
What case established the principle of judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
What power does the Executive Branch have over Congress?
What is the veto power?
What is a filibuster?
What is a long speech used to delay or block a vote in the Senate?