Legislative Branch
The two houses of Congress
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
The head of the executive branch
What is the President?
The highest court in the United States
What is the Supreme Court?
The name of the document that explains how the U.S. government works and lists citizens' rights
What is the Constitution?
The number of Senators each state has
What is 2?
The name of the group that helps the President make decisions and includes department heads
What is the Cabinet?
What the judges on the Supreme Court are called
What are justicies?
The name of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
The number of members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
The person who becomes the President if the current President can no longer serve
What is the Vice President?
The number of judges on the Supreme Court
What is 9
The concept that power should be shared between the national government and the states
What is federalism?
The group that has the power to create laws
What is Congress?
A power the president has to reject a law
What is Veto Power?
The process of deciding the meaning of a law or how a law should be carried out
What is judicial review?
The system that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What are checks and balances?
An important power that Congress has relating to money
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Power to raise taxes
Power to approve spending
Power to control the budget
The main role of the Executive Branch
What is enforcing laws?
The term length for federal judges
What is "for life"?
The process used to change the Constitution
What are amendments?