Bills to Laws
A bill can be __________ by either a Senator or a Representative in Congress.
What is Proposed?
The U.S. declared war on Germany and Japan because of Pearl Harbor.
What is WWII?
How many members are there in the House of Representatives?
What is 435?
What is the highest court in the United States?
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
This freedom allows us to speak freely and express ourselves openly.
What is Freedom of Speech?
The second step in a bills journey involves them being sent to the appropriate _________.
What is Committee?
The U.S. wasn't going to let Kuwait be taken over by Iraq.
What is Gulf War I? What is the Persian Gulf War?
How long is a House of Representative term?
What is 2 years?
The Florida Court system has a 4-tier court system. What is the lowest level of court?
What are County Courts?
You can protest against an action the government is taking or gather signatures to show peoples dislike of governmental interference.
What is Freedom to Petition?
If a bill passes both houses, it goes here next.
Who is the President?
The U.S. wanted to stop Communism from spreading and feared Fidel Castro was enleague with the USSR.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
Who is the leader of the Senate when the VP isn't available?
Who is President Pro Tempore? Who is Pro Tempore?
Which court system is superior: Florida Supreme Court or U.S. Supreme Court?
What is U.S. Supreme Court?
The government cannot force an American citizen to put up a soldier when there is no war on-going.
What is Not Quarter Soldiers?
If the president veto's a bill, it can go back to Congress and they can _______. (Name two things they can do)
What is: 1) Let the bill die, 2) Rewrite it, or 3) Overrule the president's veto with a 2/3 vote.
The U.S. placed sanctions on Iran until the hostage situation was over.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
The leader of the political party who has the most members in the House/Senate.
What is the Majority Leader?
Article III gave Congress the power create these courts which include U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, and this.
What is the U.S. District Courts? What is U.S. Trial Courts?
This right means that you cannot be punished by a judge to spend 10 years in jail for stealing a pack of gum.
What is No Cruel or Unusual Punishments?
Name the amendment that took the longest to get passed by Congress.
What is amendment 27?
During the Cold War, the U.S. agreed to remove its missiles in Turkey, if the USSR would dismantle theirs.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Which house of Congress impeaches officials and judges?
What is the House of Representatives?
This court deals with civil court cases over $15,000 and family & juvenile cases.
What is Judicial Circuit Courts? What are Judicial Courts?
Rights that we have that are NOT clearly written in the Constitution.
What are Non-Enumerated Powers? What is Unenumerated Powers?