Admendments
Which Admendment allowed women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Admendment?
Can veto legislation passed by Congress, propose legislation, and call special sessions.
Appoints federal judges and Supreme Court justices, and holds the power to pardon.
What is the Executive Branch's check on Legislative and Judicial?
The three Branches of Government
What are Legislative, Judicial and Executive?
Requires either a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, or a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures
What is proposing an Admendment?
A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
How many Admendments are in the Constitution?
What are the 27 Admendments?
Can override presidential vetoes (with a two-thirds vote), impeach and remove the President, approve treaties, confirm cabinet/judicial nominations (Senate only), and control funding (power of the purse).
Confirms federal judges, can impeach and remove judges, and controls the structure and jurisdiction of lower courts.
What is Legislative Branch's Checks on Executive and Judicial?
Legislative
What is Congress?
three-fourths of the states must approve it, either through their state legislatures or special ratifying conventions, as determined by Congress.
What is to ratify a proposed Admendment
The birth place of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Philedelphia?
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on December 15, 1791, to protect individual liberties and limit federal power
What is the Bill of Rights?
Can declare laws passed by Congress unconstitutional through judicial review.
On Executive: Can declare executive orders or actions unconstitutional.
What is Judicials Branch's Checks on Executive and Legislative?
Executive
What is the President?
A minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
What is an Amendment?
There are seven blank in the U.S. Constitution.
What are Articles?
The Admendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th Admendment?
Creator/s of Checks & Balances
Who are the Framers of the U.S. Constitution. (Mostly James Madison)
Judicial
What is the Supreme Court?
Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
What is Ratify?
True or False:
There is a spelling mistake in the U.S. Constitution.
True.
"Pensylvania" is spelled with one 'n' above the signers' names.
The 27th Admendment.
What is compensation of members of Congress?
A system where the three branches of government—legislative, executive, and judicial—hold specific powers to limit and oversee the others, preventing any single branch from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks & Balances?
Jobs of the Branches of Government.
What is Legislative (Congress): Makes laws.
What is Executive (President): Carries out laws.
What is Judicial (Courts): Interprets laws.
The supreme law of the U.S., establishing the framework of the federal government and guaranteeing basic rights
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The day the U.S. Constitution was signed by 39 out of 50 delegates.
When was September 17, 1787?