Free for All-Alpha
Which branch is the Cabinet located in?
What is the Executive Branch?
This branch can declare war.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is the main purpose of this branch.
What is determining if laws are unconstitutional or constitutional or interpreting laws? (Bonus Question) What are the qualifications of being a Federal Judge?
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson? (Bonus Question) What year was it signed?
The meaning of the stars and stripes on the flag.
What is 50 States and 13 original colonies?
This is how long the term is for the Senator.
What is 6 years?
Which amendment abolished slavery?
What is the 13th Amendment? (Bonus) What amendment made voting a right regardless of race?
Judges point to these to make decisions.
What are clauses?
This person has veto power.
Who is the President?
This is the definition of the federal budget.
What is the annual plan for raising and spending money?
This is the Chief Legal Officer.
What is the Attorney General?
This is the date the new President takes office.
What is Jan 20?
These amount of judges are required to make a decision on a case?
True/False: States cannot make a treaty with a foreign country.
What is true?
True or False: The original Constitution outlawed slavery.
These are the qualifications to be President.
What is being 35+, Natural Born Citizen, and resident of US for 14+ years?
These are the freedoms guaranteed in the 1st Amendment.
What is freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition, and press?
The part of the Constitution that gives broad powers to write laws about situations that are new and unexpected (like internet, space, air travel).
What is the elastic clause?
Revenue bills must start here.
What is the House of Representatives?
This determines the amount of representative for each state.
What is the census? (Bonus Question) How often does this happen?
The President needs these people to help him make decisions.
What is the Cabinet? (Bonus Question) Name 1 Cabinet position and its purpose.
These are the three unalienable rights of the Constitution?
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
What is a plan submitted that proposed 2 houses of Congress based on population?
The Articles of Confederation was adopted by this continental Congress. (1st or 2nd?)
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
This describes the relationship of shared power between the national government and state/local governments.
What is federalism?