Executive Branch
This person is in charge of the Executive branch
Who is 'The President'?
The two houses that make up the legislative branch
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
What is the name of the highest court in the US
What is the Supreme Court?
The age that a US citizen can vote
What is 18?
They are the head of State government
The primary role of the Executive Branch
Number of Senators in the US Senate
What is 100?
The main responsibility of the Judicial branch
what is 'interpreting the law'?
Citizens pay these to fund government services
What are 'taxes'?
The branches of the state government
What is Executive, Judicial, and Legislative?
The word used for when the president rejects a bill passed by Congress
What is 'veto'?
Number of members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
This is the number of justices (judges) on the Supreme Court
What is 9?
What is a right that is guaranteed by the First Amendment
What is freedom of religion, speech, press, or assembly?
The system of government where powers are divided between National Government and State Government
What is 'Federalism'?
The name for the Presidents group of advisors, made up of the leaders of different departments in the executive branch
What is the cabinet?
Members of Congress are primarily accountable to these people
Who are 'Constituents'?
This is how long a judge may serve on the Supreme Court
What is 'until they retire'?
A document from an citizen to a government official than is signed by numerous individuals to address a law, state a concern, or make a call to action...
What is 'a petition'?
What are 'reserved powers'?
The group that chooses the president if no presidential candidate receive the majority of Electoral College votes
Who is 'the House of Representatives?
The Vice President’s role in Congress
What is 'the tie-breaking vote in the Senate'?
What is the Supreme court, Court of Appeals, Circuit Court, and District Court
A method for removing an official from office
This amendment gives states powers not given to the national government
What is 'the 10th Amendment'?