Constitution
What is the document that guarantees individual rights in the US?
What is the Constitution?
In order to be a congressman or a woman in the House of Representatives, how old do you have to be?
What is 25?
Which was one of the original political parties in the US?
A) Democrats
B) Green Party
C) Republicans
D) Federalists
What is D, federalists.
Every law starts out as a what?
Which of the following is NOT a branch of the United States government?
Judicial, Military, Executive, Legislative
What is Military?
According to the Constitution, which power is accorded to state governments?
A) printing money
B) declaring war
C) controlling interstate commerce
D) issuing birth and death certificates
What is D? Issuing birth and death certificates.
How many senators represent each state in Congress?
What is 2?
What do you call a vote with a ballot to determine who the delegates to nominate the President?
What is a Primary?
What Party is known for its liberal views, and which is known for its conservative views.
What is Democrats (liberal) and Republicans (conservative)?
Which branch of the government is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives?
What is Legislative?
What document contains the first ten amendments to the US Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
How many counties does the state of Iowa have?
What is 99?
This power allows the president to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
RANDOM: Which of the following is NOT a power shared between the federal and state governments?
A) passing taxes
B) controlling education
C) building roads
D) taking criminals to court
What is B, controlling education.
What branch of the government includes the Secretary of State and the Attorney General?
What is the Executive Branch?
RANDOM QUESTION: Who is the governor of Iowa?
Who is Kim Reynolds?
How old does someone have to be in order to serve as a senator?
What is 30?
How long of a term is the President elected for each election?
What is 4 years?
What part of Congress is made up by the Senate? What part of Congress is made up by the House?
What is upper (Senate) and what is lower (House)?
How many electors within the Electoral College does it take to elect a president?
What is 270?
What is a system where each branch of the U.S. government (executive, legislative, and judicial) can limit the powers of the others to make sure no one branch becomes too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
How many justices are on a full Supreme Court?
What is 9?
How many times have the popular vote and the Electoral College NOT agree?
What is 4?
What do you call a meeting with a debate and an informal vote that determines delegates?
What is a Caucus?
How many elected members are in the House of Representative today?
What is 435?