BRANCHES
Drafting the Constitution
CONSTITUTION
VOCABULARY
Misc.
100
Name the three branches of government?
legislative, executive and judicial
100
any candidate for this office must be a native-born citizen who has lived in the United States for at least 14 years
What is the President?
100
people in this branch of government have the longest tenure
Who are Senators?
100
to accuse a public official, such as the President, of a high crime or misdemeanor
What is impeach?
100
What is Fascism?
Total control of a country
200
Who makes the laws?
Congress/legislative branch
200
He is called the "Father of Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
200
the introduction to the Constitution
What is the Preamble?
200
any government run by representatives of the people
What is a republic?
200
What is Communism?
Government controls economy, equality
300
What is the role of the executive branch?
Carry out and enforce the laws
300
this clause states that the U.S. federal law applies over a state law
What is the Supremacy Clause?
300
why the Constitution is called a living document
What is that it can be changed?
300
refers to any legislature or law-making body that is composed of two houses
What is bicameral?
300
What is the people's vote called?
Popular vote
400
The system of government that requires that each branch of government answers to the other branches.
What is checks and balances?
400
this action led to the establishment of a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate with an equal number of votes for each state
What is the Great Compromise?
400
the first 10 Amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
the number of people who have to be present before any measures can be voted upon
What is a quorum?
400
What process really elects the President?
Electoral College
500
Clearly distributing political authority among the three branches of government
What is the separation of powers?
500
In determining a state's population for the House of Representatives, slaves would be counted this way
What is a slave was counted as 3/5s of a person?
500
the term for justices of the Supreme Court
What is for life?
500
refers to when the President fails to sign a proposed law and Congress adjourns
What is a pocket veto?
500
Father of Constitution
James Madison
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