Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
The Constitution
Foundations of Government
100
The leader of the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House
100

President's closest advisers

What is Cabinet?

100
This is the court of last resort for all law questions in the United States
What is the Supreme Court
100

First three Articles and what they define

Article 1  Legislative Branch

Article 2  Executive Branch

Article 3  Judicial Branch

100

Type of government in which the power is primarily with regional/local governments and can be distributed to a national government

What is confederal system?

200

The president of the Senate

What is the Vice President of the United States?

200
The maximum number of years someone can be the President
What is 10 years
200
The explanation for a Supreme Court decision
What is An Opinion (Majority, concurring and dissenting)
200
The name given to the first 10 amendments of the U.S. constitution
What is The Bill of Rights
200

Concept that everyone must follow the law - no matter who they are

What is Rule of Law?

300
These are proposed laws that determine how government funds will be spent
What are Appropriations Bills (revenue bills make money, appropriations bills spend it)
300
The name of the winner take all system that elects the President
What is The Electoral College
300

This type of jury reviews evidence and may issue an indictment

What is a Gran/Grand Jury?

300
The Constitution gives the power to declare war to who/whom?
Who is Congress
300
Which uprising prompted the calling of a Constitutional Convention due to a growing demand for a stronger national government?
What is Shays Rebellion (The articles of confederation were terrible!)
400

Three types of Congressional committees

What is standing, select and joint committees?

400
Name 4 of the 7 Presidential Roles
What are: Commander in Chief, Chief Legislator, Party Leader, Head of State, Chief Executive, Economic Planner, Chief Diplomat
400

Supreme Court number of justices required to accept the review of a case

What is Rule of Four?

400
The Constitution is based on this concept which means that the government is created and sustained by the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty
400
This system of Government gives all the key powers to the national government
What is a Unitary System
500
In order to override a presidential veto this must happen?
What is a 2/3 vote of each house (checks and balances!)
500

This general term is given to the organization of government administrators that carries out legislation

What is bureaucracy?

500
When the Supreme Court rules on a case the ruling becomes this for similar cases in the future
What is Precedent
500
What section of the Constitution was included by its Framers to allow the document to grow with a changing nation?
What is The Amendment Section
500
In order for a nation/state to exist these four essential features must be present
What are Government, Population, Territory and Sovereignty
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