House of Representatives
Senate
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
100
Length of term for a House member
What is two years?
100
Number of members in the Senate
What is a 100?
100
Main duty of the executive branch
What is to enforce the law?
100
Main duty of the judicial branch
What is to interpret the law?
100
1966 case that ruled that the police must read suspects their rights
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
200
Leader of the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker?
200
Length of term for a senator
What is 6 years?
200
The President's role when it comes to the military
What is commander-in-chief?
200
Number of justices on the Supreme Court
What are 9 justices?
200
1954 case that ended segregation
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
Number of members in the House
What is 435?
300
Official president of the Senate
Who is the vice president?
300
Group of people who officially elect the President
What is the Electoral College?
300
When the Supreme Court reviews a law to see if it is constitutional
What is judicial review?
300
1803 case that established judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison
400
Type of bill that must start in the House
What is a revenue bill?
400
Leader of the Senate in place of the vice president
Who is the president pro tempore?
400
Number of executive departments in the President's cabinet and the most recent department
What is 15 and Homeland Security?
400
3 levels of federal courts
What is Supreme Court, court of appeals, and district courts?
400
1896 case that ruled that "separate but equal" facilities were constitutional
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
500
The House brings these charges
What are impeachment charges?
500
The Senate must approve these
What are presidential appointments or treaties?
500
The 3 qualifications to be president
What is 35 years of age, natural-born citizen, and live in the U.S. for at least 14 years?
500
Number of Court of Appeals and District Courts
What are 13 and 94
500
1819 case that ruled that states cannot pass laws that restrict the federal government
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
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