US Constitution 1
Number of Articles in the Constitution
What is 7?
What is the legislative branch?
President, Vice President, The Cabinet
What is the Executive Branch?
Freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and to petition
What is 1st Amendment?
Supreme Court
What is the Judicial Branch?
The military is a branch of government (True/False)
What is false?
The 3 parts of the Constitution
What is the Preamble, Articles, and amendments
Minimum age to be a member of the senate
What is 30?
What are the 6 core principles of the US Constitution?
Popular sov, limited gov, federalism, checks and balances, separation of powers, republic
Their position is for life
What is the Supreme Court?
This determines the amount of senators in each state.
What is equal representation?
They can impeach the President
What is Congress?
What is separation of powers?
the idea that the government is spread out across branches / divides the government
What is the main power of the executive branch?
to enforce the law
The 2 parts of the Legislative Branch is called
What is population?
What are the three branches of government in order?
What is the legislative, executive, judicial?
What is an example of a "check and balance"
What is veto, congress overrides veto, impeachment, reject laws as unconstitutional etc.
to interpret the laws
What is the main power of the legislative branch?
to create laws on behalf of citizens
Explains why the Constitution was written
What is the Preamble?
The President is also ____ and _____ in the executive branch
Who is the Head of State and Commander in Chief?
No branch of government can be too powerful
What is check and balances?
What is popular sovereignty?
the idea that the government gets its power from the people
The first 3 words of the Preamble
What is "We the people"?