Executive Branch
This person is the head of the Executive Branch and Commander-in-Chief of the military.
Who is the President?
The two houses that make up the U.S. Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The highest court in the United States, consisting of nine justices.
What is the Supreme Court?
The branch that can impeach the President for "high crimes and misdemeanors."
What is the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
The first three words of the U.S. Constitution.
What is "We the People"?
The group of advisors to the President, including the Secretaries of State and Defense.
What is the Cabinet?
The total number of voting members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
The first African American Supreme Court justice, appointed in 1967.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
The President checks the Judicial Branch by appointing these.
What are federal judges (or Supreme Court justices)?
The number of amendments in the U.S. Constitution (as of 2024).
What is 27?
This vice president broke a tie in the Senate more than any other in U.S. history.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This person serves as the leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The power of the courts to determine whether a law is constitutional.
What is judicial review?
The Senate’s power to approve or reject treaties negotiated by the President.
What is the ratification of treaties?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The President’s power to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
The process of redrawing congressional district lines, often for political advantage.
What is gerrymandering?
This landmark case established judicial review in 1803.
What is *Marbury v. Madison*?
The Supreme Court can check Congress by doing this to laws.
What is declaring them unconstitutional?
The only amendment ever repealed (it banned alcohol).
What is the 18th Amendment?
The maximum number of years a president can serve, as set by the 22nd Amendment.
What is 2 full terms?
The clause in the Constitution that allows Congress to pass laws "necessary and proper" for carrying out its powers.
What is the Elastic Clause (or Necessary and Proper Clause)?
The current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (as of 2024).
Who is John Roberts?
This process allows Congress to remove a president from office.
What is impeachment and conviction?
This system, established by the Constitution, divides power between state and federal governments.
What is federalism?