U.S. Government
Early Government
Government Documents
Numbers
Branches of Government
100

This branch of government executes and  enforces or carry out laws.

What is the Executive Branch?

100

The Constitution would propose to have this many branches of government?

What is 3?

100

This document contains the information on how our government runs?

What is the Constitution?

100

There are this many Senators from each state.

What is 2?

100

This branch consists of the Supreme Court and inferior courts.

What is the Judicial Branch?

200

This branch of government creates/makes/passes  laws.

What is the Legislative?

200

The Bill of Rights protects this.

What are citizens individual freedoms and liberties?

200

This document was the first constitution of the U.S. This document was done away with because it did not give enough power to the central Government.

What is the Articles of Confederation?

200

This the number of years a term is for the president of the United States.

What is 4?

200

This branch interprets laws based on their constitutionality.

What is Judicial Branch?

300

This branch of government interprets the laws?

What is Judicial?

300

Anit-Federalists or Federalists, This is the group of people were in favor a strong central government under the Constitution.

Who are Federalists?

300

In the Constitution power is separated by the three branches of government and by this, which seperates federal (national power) from state power ?

Federalism

300

There are this many amendments in the Bill or rights.

What is 10?

300

This branch has the ability to declare war.

What is the legislative branch?

400

Our bicameral legislature/congress in the legislative branch is made up of these 2 houses.

What is the House of Representatives and Senate?

400

Anit-Federalists or Federalists,this is the group of people who wanted to see a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution before they would sign it.

Who are Anti-Federalists?

400

This document lists the major rights and freedoms of American citizens,which is the 1st 10 amendments.

What is the Bill of Rights?

400

This the number of years a term can be for a member of the Senate.

What is 6?

400

This branch has the power to veto laws passed by the Congress.

What is the Executive Branch?

500

There are this many Supreme Court Justices including the chief justice.

What are 9?

500

Under the Articles of Confederation there was only this branch of government.

What is the Legislative?

500

There are this many amendments in the Constitution.

What is 27?

500

The leaders of the country met to change the Articles of Confederation to set up a new government that organized power at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 in this U.S. city?

What is Philadelphia?

500

In the legislative branch, this person has the ability to break a tie in the Senate.

Who is the Vice President?

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