Legislative Branch
The term lengths for both the House and the Senate
What are 2 years and 6 years long?
Head of the executive branch at the state level
Who is the governor?
Length of term for a Supreme Court justice
What is a lifetime appointment?
The group of people, that because of the 5th amendment, decide whether there is enough evidence before a person can be put on trial for a crime.
What is a grand jury?
This amendment, passed only 106 years ago in 1919, gave American women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
You must be 25, a resident of the state you live in, and a US citizen for 7 years
Maximum amount of terms a president may be elected to
2
A written decision by the Supreme Court
Freedom of speech, press, petition, association, religion.
What are the rights given in the First Amendment?
America’s system of dividing power between the states and the national government
The only people with the power to introduce articles of impeachment
US House representatives
The group of people who advise the president on issues of foreign policy, national security, issues of education and the environment, etc.?
What is the Cabinet?
The number of justices on the supreme court
9
Amendment that provides the for no unreasonable search and seizure.
The 4th amendment
The event each January, the President calls forth Congress and justices on the Supreme Court to hear him/her speak about the well being (economic, international, health, etc.) of the nation.
What is the State of the Union?
The leader of the US House
Who is the Speaker of the House?
When the President receives a bill but is unable to reject and return the bill to an adjourned Congress within the 10-day period
What is a pocket veto?
Supreme Court decisions can only be overturned by the Supreme Court in a future opinion OR
Constitutional amendment
This gives Congress the power to make laws to carry out their listed powers and has been used to expand the role of the federal government
What is the Elastic Clause
Powers and responsibilities shared between federal and state governments
What are concurrent powers?
At the Constitutional Convention, James Madison provided a plan that provided for a bicameral legislature, which we now have as the House of Representatives and the Senate. What did those attending the Convention in Philadelphia call this plan?
What is The Great Compromise
Total of electoral votes needed to win the presidency
270 or a majority
The power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government and to determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution is called
What is judicial review?
Equal Protection, birthright citizenship, and due process
Which rights were created under the 14th Amendment?
An agreement in which the government promises to protect the natural rights of people
What is the Social Contract as described by John Locke?