The Executive Branch
The Legislative Branch
The Judiciary Branch
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
This is the leader of the executive branch.
What is the President?
100
This is the common name for the legislative branch.
What is Congress?
100
This is the common name for the Judiciary branch of our government.
What is the Supreme Court?
100
This is put in place so that no part of our government can get too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
100
This was the plan that protected smaller states from larger states becoming too powerful. It also designed the upper house of Congress.
What is the New Jersey plan?
200
This is when the President decides to deny a bill from becoming a law.
What is veto?
200
This is the main role of the legislative branch.
What is to make laws?
200
This is the total number of Supreme Court Justices (judges).
What is 9?
200
This is the central government of the United States.
What is federal?
200
This was the idea that protected the states with larger populations from being controlled by smaller states.
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
The executive branch can appoint or elect these people.
What is Supreme court justices, ambassadors and cabinet members?
300
This is the name of the lower house of Congress.
What is the House of Representatives?
300
This is how long a judge resides on the Supreme Court.
What is for life?
300
This is when state and federal governments share power.
What is federalism?
300
This is the role of the Vice President.
What is the President of the Senate?
400
This is where a bill goes if the President vetos it.
What is back to Congress?
400
This is the upper-house of Congress.
What is the Senate?
400
This is who appoints a Supreme Court judge.
What is the President?
400
At the Constitutional Convention, states came together to create the constitution. This meeting of the minds is known as this.
What is The Great Compromise?
400
This is where the Constitutional Convention was held?
What is Philadelphia?
500
This is the maximum number of years a President can be in office.
What is 8 years?
500
This is when the legislative branch removes a President or Supreme Court Justice from their position.
What is impeachment?
500
This is who must approve of the President's appointment of a Supreme Court Judge.
What is Congress?
500
This is how a slave was counted in a state's population.
What is the 3/5 compromise?
500
This was the name of our first constitution?
What is The Articles of Confederation?
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