Qualifications & Terms
The number of years a Supreme Court Justice serves.
What is a lifetime term?
This article establishes the judicial branch.
What is Article III?
The group that elects the President.
What is the Electoral College?
A change or addition to the Constitution is called this.
A: What is an amendment?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
A: What is the 1st Amendment?
The minimum age to serve as President.
What is 35 years old?
This article establishes the executive branch.
What is Article II?
This is the total number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
A: What is 270?
Power shared between national and state governments is called this.
A: What is federalism?
This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial, an attorney, and to confront witnesses.
What is the 6th Amendment?
The total number of years a president can serve.
What is 8 years?
This article establishes the legislative branch.
What is Article I?
A candidate can win the popular vote by 10 million votes and still lose the election. True or False?
True
The formal approval of a law or amendment is called this.
What is ratify?
The 2nd Amendment is often discussed in debates over this issue.
What is gun ownership / gun control?
The term length of a U.S. Representative.
What is 2 years?
The head of the Executive Branch
What is the lowest number of electoral votes that a state can have?
3
A two-house legislature is called this.
What is bicameral?
This amendment protects the right to remain silent and not incriminate oneself.
What is the 5th Amendment?
The natural-born requirement applies to this office.
What is the Presidency?
Another name for the Legislative Branch.
What is Congress?
This legislative body decides the winner of the election in case of a tie.
Who is the House of Representatives.
The principle that government derives its power from the people is called this.
A: What is popular sovereignty?
This amendment protects rights not specifically listed in the Constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment?