Legislative Branch
This feature of Congress means it has two parts
what is Bicameral?
This person is the leader of the executive branch at the state level.
Governor
This is the highest court in the United States
This is the amount of electoral votes a candidate needs to win the presidency
what is 270 electoral votes?
These groups organize people with similar political beliefs.
What are political parties?
This part of Congress represents states based on population
What is the House of Representatives?
This power allows the president to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is veto?
The U.S. Constitution talks about the Judicial Branch in this article
What is article III (3)?
These states are closely contested in presidential elections.
What are battleground states?
The Republican Party was founded in the 1850's as a rival to the Democratic Party and supported this issue
What is stopping the spread of slavery?
This power allows Congress to accuse and bring charges against government officials.
What is impeachment?
These advisors help the president run the executive branch
What is cabinet?
These are the 3 different courts in the federal court system of the United States
What is the supreme court, court of appeals and district court?
When media presents information in a way that favors one side, it is showing this.
What is bias?
This election is used to choose a party’s candidate.
What is the primary election?
This action allows Congress to pass a law even after the president rejects it.
What is override presidential veto?
This formal order allows the president to manage operations of the federal government.
What is executive order?
For someone to become a justice on the supreme court they must first go through these two steps.
What is be nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the U.S. Senate?
This is a name given to the media when it monitors government actions to keep leaders accountable.
What is a watchdog?
These two animals represent the two main political parties in the United States
What is a donkey and elephant?
The percentage of congress needed to overturn the president's veto and make it a law
What is 67% or 2/3?
These are the 3 qualifications that someone needs to be able to run for President of the United States
What is be at least 35, natural born citizen of the U.S. Lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years?
This supreme court case established judicial review, which wasn't a power given to the court in the U.S. Constitution.
What is Marbury v. Madison
These are the five freedoms protected in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
What is speech, press, petition, assemble and religion?
A case that starts in a trial court but is challenged by one side would most likely be reviewed by this level of the federal court system.
What is appeals court?