Article I
Article I deals with which branch of government?
What is the Legislative branch
Article II deals with which branch of government?
What is the Executive branch.
Article III deals with which branch of government?
What is the Judicial Branch.
Whose theories on government first proposed a limited government using checks and balances?
Who is Baron Montesquieu.
A Federal System of Government is one in which power to govern the populace is split between whom?
What is national governments and state or regional governments within the nation.
What is the length of term for a member of the House of representatives? What is the term of office for a member of the Senate?
What is 2 years for the House and 6 ears for the Senate.
What is the length of term for the U.S. President?
What is four years. (limited to two terms)
For how long can a Supreme Court Justice serve?
What is for life as long as he remains in good behavior.
Who must approve all treaties made with foreign countries?
What is the U.S. Senate.
Powers given only to the National government are know as?
What is Expressed Powers.
How old must you be before you can serve in the House of Representative? how old must you be to serve in the Senate?
What is 25 years to serve in the House and 30 to serve in the Senate.
What are the citizenship requirements for President?
What is must be a natural born citizen.
If a crime is committed in one state but the perpetrator is arrested in a different state, where does the trial take place?
What is in the state where the crime was committed.
Which branch has the power to review all laws and actions made by the government to determine if they are constitutional or not?
What is Judicial branch.
What are the powers given to just the states alone?
What is Reserved Powers.
Which house of Congress is the only one to have the power to PROPOSE a law to raise revenue (taxes)?
What is the House is the only part of government that can propose new laws to raise revenue.
How old must you be before you can run for the office of President?
What is 35 years old.
Do state or federal courts try cases in which two different states are parties?
What is federal courts resolve disputes between the states, and those between states and federal government.
What can Congress do if the President vetoes a bill they approved?
What is override the veto with a 2/3 vote of all members of Congress.
What are the powers called shared by both state and national governments?
What is Concurrent or Shared Powers.
What is the total number of people who serve in the U.S.Congress (both House of Representatives and Senate)?
What is 535
As the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military does the President have the power to declare war?
What is no. (Only Congress can declare war)
This is the number of levels in the court system.
What is 3.
Who has the power to nominate Surpeme Court Justices?
Who is the President.
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
What is U.S. Constituion.