US GOVERNMENT
The number of houses that were created as a result of the Great Compromise.
What is two?
What is the first step in the process of appointing a member to the Supreme court?
The member is appointed by the president.
The Commander-and-Chief of the armed forces.
Who is the POTUS?
The term used for a house that is divided into two parts.
What is bi-cameral?
The authority of a court to review decisions of a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
The length of term for the president.
What is 4 years?
This is the official job of the Judicial Branch.
What is interpret laws?
List the qualifications for being president.
Must be at least 35 years old, born in the United States, and a resident for over 14 years.
This leader is elected by the majority party, and no member may speak until called upon by this person.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The two courts who have appellate jurisdiction.
What are the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals?
The primary job of the Vice-President.
What is to be ready to assume the role of the President in the event of death, resignation, impeachment, or incapacitation?
The head of the Supreme Court.
Who is the Chief Justice?
This person chooses the members of the U.S. Cabinet.
Who is the President?
The official name given to this branch in the Constitution.
What is Congress?
The qualifications for being a member of the House of Representatives.
What are must be at least 25 years old, 7 years of being a citizen, and be a resident of the state in which you are chosen?
The qualifications to become a U.S. Senator.
What are must be at least 30 years old, 9 years of being a citizen, and be a resident of the state in which you are chosen?
The length of time the Supreme Court Justice is sworn in for.
What is a life time, until the resign, impeached, or die?
The term for the POTUS.
What is 4 years?
The three powers that are only given to the HoR.
What is begin impeachment hearings, initiate bills to raise money, and select a president when no candidate receives sufficient electoral votes?
The title of the leader who is in charge of the largest political party in the Senate.
What is the Senate majority leader?
The three step process for a person to become a Supreme Court Justice.
What is nominated by the POTUS, interviewed and confirmed by the Senate, and sworn in by the judicial branch(Supreme Court)?
The differences between the U.S. Courts and the State Courts.
The U.S. Courts have jurisdiction over federal law or the Constitution; The State Courts have jurisdiction involving state matters.
The term used if the president denies a bill to become law.
What is veto?
The highest ranking leader of the United States Senate.
Who is the Vice-President of the United States?
When a bill is amended in the senate, after being introduced in the HoR it goes here.
What is the HoR?