Legislative Branch
Vocabulary
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Misc.
100

This established Congress

What is the Great Compromise?

100

The practice of drawing district lines that favor a particular political party, politician, or group of people

What is gerrymandering?

100

This Amendment amended the Electoral Process

What is the 12th Amendment?

100

The supreme law of the nation

What is the US Constitution?

100

This branch enforces the laws

What is the Executive Branch?

200

As stated in the Constitution, this person presides over the Senate

Who is the Vice President?

200

Another word for how the seats in the House of Representatives are distributed

What is apportioned?

200
An example of the "unwritten Constitution"
What is the President's Cabinet?
200
the authority to hear and decide a court case
What is jurisdiction?
200
The 2 ways to propose a constitutional amendment
What is by Congress or by state conventions?
300

The most powerful member of Congress

Who is the Speaker of the House?

300
What the powers that Congress has exercised under the "Necessary and Proper" clause are referred to as
What are implied powers?
300
What the area is called in which the polling place is located
What is a precinct?
300
3 ways to change the Constitution
What is an amendment, interpretation, and customs?
300
Naturalization is this type of power
What is delegated?
400
Decides the outcome of a presidential election if there is no clear winner
Who is the House of Representatives?
400
This means that each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states as well as legal documents such as a marriage license.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
400
The difference between a political platform and a plank
What is a political party's position on an issue and what actions that party plans to take?
400
How a person become a Supreme Court Justice (2-part answer)
What is being appointed by the President and approved by the Senate?
400
How the number of representatives can be changed and when
What is a census and every 10 years?
500
Another term for delegated powers
What is enumerated, expressed or exclusive?
500
This term is stated in the Preamble of the US Constitution and refers to generations to come
What is posterity?
500
The definition of canvassing
What is person-to-person campaigning?
500
The definition of appellate jurisdiction
What is to hear a case after it has been heard in a lower court?
500
Is responsible for the final interpretation of the Constitution
What is the Supreme Court?
M
e
n
u