Legislative Branch
The United States Congress is a two house legislature, which means it is what?
Bicameral
The heads of the fifteen executive departments who advise the President are members of the?
The Cabinet
The French and Indian War created which of the following problems for Great Britain?
A large war debt
Why do people establish governments?
To provide rules of conduct for citizens.
Which of the following was the first representative government in colonial America?
Virginia House of Burgesses
A person who lives in a Representative's district is called a ...
A constituent
If the President appoints someone to his cabinet, who must CONFIRM the appointment?
The Senate
US Courts of Appeals hear cases from where
District courts
What term best describes the form of government when citizens elect representatives to act and make decisions for them?
Representative democracy
This document left the most important powers to the states.
Articles of Confederation.
The most powerful officer in the House of Representatives is
The Speaker of the House
Britain's practice of what before 1763 encouraged colonists to move toward revolution?
Salutary neglect
Supreme court justices serve for how long
Life
The practice of creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade by exporting more than you import?
Mercantilism
Our bill of rights is modeled after?
The English Bill of Rights
Which process is used to change the Constitution?
Amendment
The "magic number" of electoral votes needed to win a Presidential election is...
270
Federalism is the idea that
States and the national government should share power
The number of representatives determined for each state is based on
The U.S Census
The issue or event that most directly led to the American Revolution was?
Taxation by Britain without representation
The Great Compromise included what
2 house congress, 1 house based on population, one with equal representation
According to the 25th Amendment, if the President dies or leaves office, the vice president becomes president and this person nominates a new vice president.
The new president.
This case established the principal of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
These colonies would most likely have had cash crops and large plantations.
Virginia and South Carolina
What was the first permanent English settlement in the colonies?
Jamestown