Name 3 branches of the US Federal government
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
How many years does a member of the House of Representatives serve?
What is 2 years?
How many years does a member of the Senate serve?
What is 6 years?
.This famous founding father was absent from the Constitution Convention. He was in France where he served as the U.S. minister.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Which chamber of Congress can impeach the President?
What is the House of Representatives?
How many amendments have been made to the Constitution?
27
This branch of the national government interprets the laws?
What is judicial?
What does it mean to impeach?
Accuse a public official of committing a crime
This language is the only other language besides English used in the Constitution.
What is latin?
This amendment gives women the right to vote:
19
How can Congress override a presidential veto?
What is a 2/3s vote?
The highest ranking member of the judicial branch's title is this.
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
In the law-making process, all laws start out as:
Bills
This is the number of words contained within the US Constitution which is the shortest and oldest document of its kind.
4,400 words
This state ratified the Constitution on January 10th, 1791, even though it had not yet become a state.
This famous founding father was missing from the Constitutional Convention. He was serving as the U.S. minister to Great Britain.
Who is John Adams?
Washington and this person are the only two presidents to sign the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This site was where Washington was appointed Commander of the Continental Army in 1775, the DOI was signed in 1776, where the Articles of Conf. were adopted in 1781, and the site of the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Pennsylvania State House?
The requirements for this hallmark of democracy are not set forth in the US Constitution. As a result, this right will be slowly granted to other members of society over the first 130 years.
Requirements for the right to vote