Legislative Branch
The two houses of Congress
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
If the President is impeached or assassinated, the next person up
This is the highest court in the United States
What is the Supreme Court?
The document that declared the American colonies independent from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
The number of senators each state has. The House of Representatives has this many voting members.
What is two? & What is 435?
This group advises the President and is made up of department heads.
What is the Cabinet?
This principle allows the Supreme Court to decide if laws are constitutional.
What is judicial review?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Senate has the sole power to do this during the impeachment process.
What is conduct a trial to convict or acquit?
The President can reject a bill passed by Congress using this power.
What is a veto?
This Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" facilities were constitutional
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued for independence and criticized monarchy
What is Common Sense?
The process by which the Constitution can be changed.
What is an amendment?
A bill can still become law after a presidential veto if this happens.
What is a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate?
This executive agency oversees the nation’s monetary system and manages the federal budget.
What is the Department of the Treasury?
This landmark case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This early rebellion highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and helped spur calls for a new Constitution.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This Constitutional principle divides power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This type of committee reconciles differences between House and Senate versions of a bill.
What is a conference committee?
The President must seek approval from this body to negotiate and ratify treaties. (Be specific)
What is the Senate?
The process by which a federal judge or Supreme Court justice is appointed.
What is nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate?
The treaty that officially ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This amendment guarantees protection from self-incrimination.
What is the Fifth Amendment?