Founding Documents
Year the US Constitution was signed?
What is 1787
branch of government is responsible for making laws
What is Legislative
Minimum age requirement to be elected President of the United States
What is 35
Term is used to describe a change or addition to the U.S. Constitution
What is amendment
The founding father credited with writing the majority of The Federalist Papers
Who is Alexander Hamilton
This document written in 1776 declared the American colonies' independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws
Years must a person have been a U.S. citizen to be eligible to run for the Senate
What is 9 years
Term for a system in which power is divided between a central government and smaller political units like states
What is Federalism
The primary function of the Bureaucracy in the Executive Branch
What is implement and enforce federal laws and policies
Document was the first constitution of the United States, creating a weak central government
What is the Articles of Confederation
The President's veto power applies to which body in the U.S. Congress
What is Congress: House of Representatives and the Senate
In order to run for president, a candidate must have been a natural-born citizen of the U.S. “natural-born citizen” means
What is a person born on U.S. soil or born to U.S. citizens abroad
Term for the power of the courts to review and potentially invalidate laws that violate the Constitution
What is Judicial Review
The power to impeach a president is given to which branch of government
What is the Legislative Branch (especially the House of Representatives)
The amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, press, and religion in the Bill of Rights
What is the First Amendment
Branch of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional, as established in the case Marbury v. Madison?
What is the Judicial Branch
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. This is the number of justices currently serving on the Supreme Court
What is 9
Term for the principle that government officials must follow the law, including their own action
The current Governor of Ohio
Who is Mike DeWine
The name of the agreement that settled the issue of representation between large and small states during the Constitutional Convention.
The primary role of the Judicial Branch of government.
What is to interpret laws and ensure they are applied fairly
The minimum age requirement to be elected to the House of Representatives
Term having two separate chambers or assemblies, and is a type of legislature that divides legislative power into two houses
What is Bicameral
The term length for the Governor of Ohio
What is 4 years