What is to keep all branches equal. To make sure one is not more powerful than another.
100
the leader of the executive branch
What is the president
100
the word that means 2 houses
What is bicameral
100
the highest court in the United States
What is Supreme Court
100
the Bill of Rights is the...
What is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
200
when a bill becomes a law, the person who "checks" the Congress
Who is the president
200
The place where the president lives
What is the White House
200
the house of Congress where the the number of representatives from each state depends on the population
What is the house of representatives
200
the number of justices on the Supreme Court
What is 9
200
the meaning of amendment
What is a change or addition
300
the person who appoints the justices to the supreme court
Who is the president
300
the group of people who advise the president
What is the cabinet
300
the house of Congress where representation is the same number for each state (2)
What is senate
300
the ability of the court to decide if a law is unconstitutional and therefore cancel the law
What is Judicial Review
300
the 5 freedoms in the first Amendment
What are freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
400
The branch that can check the legislative by deciding a law is unconstitutional
What is the judicial branch
400
the person who becomes president when the president dies
Who is the vice president
400
How old you must be to be a senator
What is 30 years old
400
the first latina justice
Who is Sonia Sotomayor
400
describe one other amendment in the bill of rights
What is
bear arms
need permission to quarter soldiers
search and seizure
due process/double jeopardy
trial by jury
civil suit by jury
no cruel and unusual punishment
rights of citizens
states powers vs. federal power
500
Even though the president is Commander in Chief of the military, this group are the only ones who can declare war.
What is Congress?
500
the president and the vice president today
Who are Barack Obama and Joe Biden
500
how many years you must be a citizen to be a representative in the House
What is 7 years
500
The first African American justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall
500
the reason the Constitution can be amended
What is the founding fathers wanted to make the Constitution work in the future