Executive Branch
Who is the leader of the executive branch?
What is the executive branch?
What do we call the group of people who make laws?
What is Congress?
Which branch decides if a law is fair and follows the Constitution?
What is the judicial branch?
One branch can say NO to a law by voting. Which branch does this?
What is Congress (the legislative branch)?
How many branches does the U.S. government have?
What is three?
Name one person who helps the president and leads a department.
Who is a cabinet member (or secretary)?
Name the two parts (houses) of Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
What is nine?
The president says NO to a bill. What is that called?
What is a veto?
Who is the second leader after the president?
Who is the vice president?
The vice president also has a job in this group of government leaders. Which group?
What is the Senate (the vice president is President of the Senate)?
If the president says NO to a bill, Congress can vote to pass it anyway. What is this action called?
What is a veto override (a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate)?
Supreme Court justices keep their job a long time. They can serve until this happens. Fill in the blank: They serve until they _____, _____, or are removed.
What is retire, die, or are removed?
The courts can stop the government if a law breaks the Constitution. This is an example of which system?
What is checks and balances?
What word means splitting power so no one person has all control?
What is separation of powers?
The president signs a paper to make a bill a law. What is that action called?
What is signing a bill (making it a law)?
The Senate decides if the president’s choices for some jobs are okay. What is this called?
What is confirming presidential appointments and ratifying treaties?
The Supreme Court can say a law is not allowed because it breaks the Constitution. What is this power called?
What is judicial review?
The president makes a rule. Name one simple thing Congress can do to stop or change it.
What is pass a law or change funding?
Give one short example of people who make laws in your state or town. (Simple answers OK.)
What is the state legislature or city council?
Name all people or groups you can think of who help the president run the country. (Short list okay.)
The president, vice president, and cabinet members.
Give one simple way Congress watches what the president or agencies do.
What is holding hearings or asking questions in Congress?
How long can Supreme Court justices serve?
What is for life (unless they retire or are removed)?
Tell one short example of a check: (Example answer: The courts say a rule is illegal.)
What is the judiciary saying a law or action is unconstitutional?
Name all three branches of government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?