Article I
These are the name of the branch discussed in Article I of the Constitution and a basic description of their role?
What are the Legislative Branch and to make laws?
These are the name of the branch discussed in Article II of the Constitution and a basic description of their role?
What are the Executive Branch and to Execute, or carry out/enforce the laws?
These are the name of the branch discussed in Article III of the Constitution and a basic description of their role?
This level of government has the power to declare war.
What is the Federal Government (Congress)?
This is the name for the FIRST Constitution of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
These are the names of the Upper House and Lower House of Congress.
What are the Senate (Upper House) and the House of Representative (Lower House)?
This is the name for the group of experts that head up federal departments and advise the President.
What is the Cabinet?
These are the names of the highest federal court and the members who serve on it as well as the number of members who serve.
What is the Supreme Court and nine Supreme Court Justices?
This level of government has the power to issue Driver's License.
What is state government?
This is the name for the first ten amendments of the Constitution that guarantee many of the natural rights of American citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These are the number of members serving in the Upper House of Congress and the length of a term in this house.
What are 100 members serving 6 year terms?
This is the maximum number of terms the President of the United States can serve as well as the maximum number of terms they can serve.
This is the length of a term members of the highest federal court serve for?
What is "Good Behavior" (for life or retirement of impeachment)?
This level of government makes treaties with other countries.
What is the federal government?
This is the name of the introduction of the Constitution that introduces many of the ideas and goals to be covered in later sections?
What is the Preamble?
These are the number of members serving in the Lower House of Congress and the length of a term in this house.
What are 435 members serving 2 year terms?
These are the three requirements a person must meet in order to be eligible to serve as President of the United States.
What are....
be a natural born U.S. citizen
be 35 years old
have been a resident of the United States for the previous 14 years?
These are the two types of courts also included in Article III of the Constitution.
What are District Courts and Appellate Courts?
This level of government has the power to collect taxes.
This is the system that allows each branch of the federal government to limit the powers of the other two branches.
What is Checks and Balances?
This is one action Congress can take to limit the power of another branch of the federal government.
What are....
Confirm Executive Appointments
Approve Treaties
Impeach Presidents and other officials,
Override Vetoes?
This is one action the President can take to limit the power of another branch of the federal government.
This is one action the highest court can take to limit the power of another branch of the federal government.
What are...Judicial Review (declare laws, treaties, or Executive Orders unconstitutional)?
This is the phrase for the concept that each state must observe the laws and court decisions of other states.
What is "Full Faith and Credit?"
Describe the meaning of the term Federalism and explain the reason it is needed to govern the United States.
What is the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments. The United States has a diverse geography and population. A strong central government is needed to unify and strengthen actions such as military defense, infrastructure, federal law, etc. Powers are also needed at the state level to make decisions that reflect each region or states’ unique needs?