Legislative Branch
Congress is known as a __________ system
Bicameral
This is how old you have to be to vote in the United States.
18
Number of Amendments
27
The three branches of government
The executive, legislative and judicial branches.
The buying and selling of goods and services by ALL nations in a worldwide market is called?
Global Trade
This is the number of senators from each state in the Unites States.
2
This is the amendment that gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
The political party that challenges the two major parties.
What is the third party.
Elected every six years, at least thirty, and a citizen for 9 years.
The senate.
People who take risks to start a new business, the visionary.
Entrepreneur
This is the article of the Constitution that outlines the power of the legislative branch.
Article 1
What are the two symbols for the Republican and Democratic Parties?
Donkey & Elephant
This is the maximum number of terms a president can serve.
2 four-year terms
Number of members if the House of Representatives
435
The Supreme Law of the land
US Constitution
This is the primary function of the Legislative Branch.
To make laws
How can individuals influence public policy?
Participate in voting, joining interest groups, demonstrating, writing letters to their congressman.
This is the name of the governor of Virginia.
Ralph Northam
What's the group of advisers called the help the president
Cabinet
Where does the Speaker of the House give a proposed bill too?
Committee
When both the Senate and House of Rep. pass a law, where must it go before the President can sign it?
Conference Committee
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
How many Electoral College votes needed to become President?
270
What are the three levels of federal courts
Supreme, Circuit/Appeals, District
Which Branch has members that serve for life?
Judicial
Which Federal Court hears only appellate jurisdiction?
US Court of Appeals
Who is 3rd in line to the President if something were to happen to both the President and Vice President?
Speaker of the House
A citizen who wishes to vote must first ______
Register
Double Jeopardy
Legislative powers that are specifically listed in the US Constitution are called ___________ powers.
Expressed
How does the Supreme Court check on Congress
Declaring the proposed laws unconstitutional.
In Virginia, the Governor is elected for a term of _____ years?
4