Constitutional Convention
When a state's total population changes, the number of _____ it gets also changes.
What is the number of representatives/votes?
The title of people elected to the House of Representatives.
What are Representatives?
The first failed government of the US.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
When the President controls the military, this is his role.
What is the Commander in Chief?
When the Supreme Court makes decision, it becomes this.
What is the law of the land?
The founding fathers created this to prevent any branch of government from having more power than the others.
What is a system of checks and balances?
The leader of the House of Representatives?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The document that is the current government of the US.
What is the Constitution?
When the power is divided between the federal government (delegated powers) and the states (reserved powers).
What is federalism?
The leader of the Supreme Court.
The South got some representation for voting through this compromise.
What is the 3/5s Compromise?
The leader of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President/pro tempore?
The Constitution is an example of this type of government, not a monarchy or a dictatorship.
What is a democratic-republic?
This branch confirms all Cabinet positions appointed by the President.
What is the Legislative branch?
The term that allowed the Supreme Court to review court cases.
What is judicial review?
The compromise that resulted from large and small states disagreeing about how to count population, leading to a bicameral house legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
The age, length of term, and number of years a US resident for a Senator.
What are 30, 6, and 9?
The Constitutional Convention was held here.
Where is Philadelphia, land of the cheese steaks?
The job of the Executive Branch.
What is enforces the laws?
When the Supreme Court rules on a case and it becomes an example for future court cases.
What is a precedent?
The Preamble of the Constitution says that the power to govern starts with this.
What is the people?
The age, length of term, and number of years a US resident for a Representative.
What are 25, 2, and 7?
The number of members in each of the following: the House and the Senate.
435 and 100
The age, length of term, and number of years a US resident for a President.
What are 35, 4, 14 ( and natural born citizen)?
The age, length of term, and number of years a US resident for a Supreme Court Justice.
What are none, life, and none?