1. The Legislative Branch
2. The Executive Branch
3. The Judicial Branch
4. Relations between States
5. Amending the Constitution
6. The Constitution Comes First
7. Ratifying the Constitution (Putting it to work)
What are the 7 Articles of the Constitution?
100
This person is responsible for the National budget.
Who is the President?
100
Joe Biden
Who is the Vice President?
200
The amount of time that a person must be a resident of the US to become President.
What is 14 years?
200
This amendment changed the way the President and Vice President are elected.
What is the 12th Amendment?
200
1. Two men must say they saw a man do wrong.
2. The man must admit to it in court.
What are two ways to prove treason?
200
The number of Supreme Court Justices.
What is 9 (8 justices + 1 Chief Justice)?
200
John Boehner
Who is the Speaker of the House?
300
The requirement that deals with where a Presidential candidate is born?
What is a natural born citizen?
300
Known as the Lame Duck amendment, this amendment sets the date for the President to take office.
What is the 20th Amendment?
300
The President can use this to forgive someone of a crime and the penalty associated with it.
What is a pardon?
300
The President of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
300
John Roberts, Jr.
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
400
The term limits for a Supreme Court Justice.
What is a lifetime term, as long as they commit no crimes?
400
This amendment addresses what happens if the President dies or resigns; or the office of the Vice President becomes vacant.
What is the 25th amendment?
400
When the President, Vice President, or other government official is brought up for trial in front of the Senate by the House of Representatives, it is called this.
What is an impeachment?
400
The head of the Supreme Court.
What is the Chief Justice?
400
Claire McCaskill
Roy Blunt
Samuel Graves
Who are the Senators, and 6th District Representative from Missouri?
500
What the President must take before entering office.
What is an oath?
500
This amendment says that the person receiving more than 1/2 of the electoral votes for President shall have office. If no one has a majority, the House shall elect as President one of the 3 candidates having the most votes. It changed the method of electing the President and Vice President.
What is the 12th Amendment?
500
Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro-tempore, Secretary of State.
What is the order of Presidential Succession to the 4th level.
500
One of the President's job that makes him the leader of the armed forces.
What is the Commander-in-Chief?
500
Hillary Clinton
Robert Gates
Timothy Geithner
Who are the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of Treasury?