BOX 1
This branch makes laws.
Answer: What is the Legislative Branch?
This group is part of the legislative branch and votes on laws.
Answer: What is Congress?
This person is the head of the executive branch.
👉 Answer: Who is the President?
This is the highest court in the U.S.
👉 Answer: What is the Supreme Court?
This system prevents one branch from having too much power.
👉 Answer: What are checks and balances?
The two parts of Congress are these.
👉 Answer: What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
This is the minimum age to be a member of the House.
👉 Answer: What is 25?
This group advises the President.
👉 Answer: What is the Cabinet?
This is how many Supreme Court justices there are.
👉 Answer: What is 9?
This branch can override a veto.
👉 Answer: What is the Legislative Branch?
This is how many senators each state has.
👉 Answer: What is 2?
This chamber has 435 members.
👉 Answer: What is the House of Representatives?
This happens when the President signs a bill.
👉 Answer: What is it becomes a law?
This is the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
👉 Answer: What is judicial review?
This happens when courts review laws to check if they follow the Constitution.
👉 Answer: What is judicial review?
This is how Congress can override a presidential veto.
👉 Answer: What is a 2/3 vote?
This is the main job of the legislative branch besides making laws.
👉 Answer: What is approving budgets / declaring war / oversight?
This is the Vice President’s main role in Congress.
👉 Answer: What is breaking tie votes in the Senate?
This is one way the judicial branch checks the executive branch.
👉 Answer: What is declaring actions unconstitutional?
This is why checks and balances are important.
👉 Answer: What is to prevent abuse of power?
The President signs an executive order that many people believe is unconstitutional.
👉 Question:
Which branch can stop this, and how?
✅ Answer: Judicial Branch — can declare it unconstitutional
Police search a home without a warrant. Evidence is used in court.
👉 Question:
Which amendment is involved, and what should the Court most likely do?
✅ Answer:
The Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional, but the President disagrees.
👉 Question:
Can the President ignore the Court’s decision? Why or why not?
✅ Answer: No — the Court’s ruling is final (rule of law)
Congress passes a law, the President vetoes it, and then Congress overrides the veto.
👉 Question:
How does this show checks and balances? Name TWO checks happening.
✅ Answer:
If the President vetoes a bill, this can still make it law.
👉 Answer: What is Congress overriding the veto?