President
What month do we vote for President?
What is November
Congress, Senate and House, Legislature
What is the Legislative Branch?
makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.
What are 2 rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
What is the Economic system in the United States?
Capitalist economy.
Market economy.
Who is the current President?
Sleepy Joe
Who enforces Laws?
The executive Branch
What is the executive branch?
Enforcing the Laws of Land.
What is the freedom of Religion?
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
Serve on a Jury.
Vote in a federal election.
We elect the President for how many years?
4 - 8 Years.
Who signs bills to become Laws?
The President
What is the Judicial Branch
decides the constitutionality of federal laws and resolves other disputes about federal laws.
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Announced our independence.
Declared our independence.
Said that the united states is free.
What are 2 Major political parties in the United States.
Democratic and Republican.
What is the Supreme law of the Land?
The Constitution
Whats the job of Congress?
Congress has authority to enact legislation and declare war, the right to confirm or reject many Presidential appointments, and substantial investigative powers.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independance?
Thomas Jefferson
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
Slavery.
Economic Reasons.
States Rights.
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
What is The Speaker of the House.
What is the Rule of Law?
Everyone must follow the law.
Leaders must obey the law.
Government must obey the law.
No one is above the law.
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Checks and Balances, and separation of powers
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
When was the Constitution Written?
1787