US Constitution 1
The introduction to the Constitution (and goals of the Government)
What is the Preamble?
These are the THREE (3) branches of government.
What is the legislative, executive, judicial?
What is the main power of the Executive Branch?
to enforce the law
One role of the President is _____-in-chief, which means they are in charge of the military.
What is the Commander(-in-Chief)?
This group has the powers to tax, regulate the economy, and approve a declaration of war, among other things.
What is Congress (Legislative Branch)
These are the famous first three (3) words of the Preamble.
What is "We the people"?
The lawmakers in Congress belong to this branch of government.
What is the Legislative Branch?
What is the main power of the Judicial branch?
What is interpret the laws?
This is the minimum age to be a member of the Senate?
What is 30?
What is the term of tenure for a Supreme Court justice (How long can they serve per term)?
For life, or as long as they wish ("good behavior")
The number total number of Articles (parts) in the Constitution.
What is 7?
Representation in the Senate (per state).
What is equal (representation)?
This is the name given to the group of justices in the Judicial Branch.
What is the Supreme Court?
This group has the power to impeach the President, formally accusing them of wrongdoing.
What is Congress? (Legislative Branch)
What is both- the House and the Senate?
In the Preamble, it says to "provide for the common __________", which means to protect the country against foreign attack.
What is defense? (common defense)
These are the names of the TWO (2) houses of Congress.
What is the House and the Senate?
This is the length of time the President of the United States serves per term.
Four (4) years per term.
This person/group typically determines whether a bill becomes a law or gets vetoed.
Who is the the President (unless Congress overrides the veto).
This is the democratic principle that the government responsibilities should be divided into different branches.
What is separation of powers?
These are the THREE (3) parts of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble, the 7 Articles, and the amendments.
The number of delegates a state has in the House of Representatives is based on this, just like the Virginia Plan called for.
What is population?
The President, Vice President, and the Cabinet and their respective departments make up this branch of Government.
What is the Executive Branch?
In order to represent your state in United States Congress, you must be of the right age, U.S. citizenship, and this:
What is a resident of that state (you are representing).
This Clause gives Congress the ability to create any and law that they deem "necessary and proper".
What is the Elastic Clause