Executive Branch
What is the main role of the Executive Branch?
To enforce laws
What is the main role of the Legislative Branch?
to make laws
What is the main role of the Judicial Branch?
A type of vote in which the voters are able to vote directly for who they want elected
Popular Vote
The founding fathers left it up to the _______ to decide who gets to vote
States
List at least 2 requirements for becoming President of the United States
35 years old. Natural Born Citizen. Lived in U.S. at least 14 yrs
What role does the Vice President of the United states play in the Senate?
President of the Senate
What makes up the "supreme law of the land?"
The Constitution
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Which state gave women to vote first and what year?
Wyoming. 1869
What is the name of the hat of the president where his role is to oversee all military action.
Commanded-in-chief
Why are there more members in the House of Representatives than the Senate?
For how many years does a member of the Supreme Court serve?
For life
What is a swing state?
A U.S. state where the two major political parties have similar levels of support among voters.
Where did the ideas of women's suffrage come from?
Iroquois Confederacy
What is the name of the presidents' chosen advisors? Ex: secretary of state, treasury, energy, education etc.
The Cabinet
What are the two chambers of the legislative branch?
Senate and the House of Representatives
How does someone become a Supreme Court Justice?
Appointed/Nominated by President & Approved by Senate
Because the electoral college i part of the Constitution, what would it require to ABOLISH (get rid of) the system?
A constitutional Amendment
Name a barrier that prevent African Americans to vote. Explain how it worked
Poll taxes, literacy tests, Grandfather clause etc
Name a check that the Executive Branch has on Congress
The president can veto a law
One of the steps in a bill becoming a law is when a vote is taken and the bill is passed to the House of Representative where it is _________
debated and amended
Name a check that the Judicial branch has on Congress
Can declare laws unconstitutional
Instead of winner-take-all, a state gives its' electoral votes and gives 2 to states' popular vote and the rest goes to the districts' popular vote.
What is the name of the Act or law that protected the voting rights of ALL Americans by reinforcing the 15th amendment?
Voting rights act