Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
Article I - U.S. Constitution
Article II - U.S. Constitution
Article III - U.S. Constitution
Misc.
100
Referring to something at home, not foreign.
What is domestic?
100
The national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives
What is the U.S. Congress?
100
The branch of government that enforces the laws made by the legislative branch.
What is the executive branch?
100
The branch of government that interprets the laws made by the legislative branch.
What is judicial branch?
100
The Preamble is the introduction to this.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
200
A system of establishing what is legal and illegal by fair rules.
What is justice?
200
To bring formal charges of wrongdoing against a public official (such as the U.S. President).
What is impeach?
200
The president can check the power of Congress by doing this.
What is veto a bill?
200
The highest court of the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
200
Mr. Winn's favorite professional sports teams. (Must name all 3)
Who are the Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Braves, and Arsenal F.C.?
300
Also known as peace.
What is tranquility?
300
These parts of the legislative branch have 435 members and 100 members respectively.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
300
The head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President of the United States?
300
The number of justices on the supreme court and the term they serve.
What is 9 and for life?
300
This was the number of states when the constitution was created.
What is 13?
400
Referring to future generations.
What is posterity?
400
This must happen in order for a bill to become a law.
What is pass in both houses and be signed by the president?
400
These are the 3 parts of the executive branch.
What are the President, Vice President, and the Cabinet?
400
This is one main way in which the Judicial Branch can check the Legislative Branch.
What is declare a law unconstitutional?
400
Explain the rock cycle.
500
This is the purpose of the Preamble.
What is to introduce the Constitution and explain who the power of the government comes from?
500
This is the reason we have 2 houses in the legislature.
What is to have equal representation and representation based on the population of each state?
500
This official acts as the President of the Senate, but can only vote in the event of a tie.
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
500
This case involved students protesting the Vietnam War. Name the case and the saying that resulted from the verdict.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines? Students nor staff shed their free speech when entering the schoolhouse gate.
500
This is the purpose of the Constitution and the way our government is set up.
What is to outline how the country's government should work or limit the power of the government to protect the people from government abuse?