Constitution
The supreme law of the land
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The two parts of the U.S. Congress
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The leader of the Executive Branch is this person.
Who is the president?
The system in which each branch has ways to limit the power of the other branches is called this.
What are checks and balances?
Term length for a president
What is 4 years?
This word refers to the division and sharing of power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
The number of U.S. Senators
What is 100 (2 from each state)?
The Constitutional requirements to be a Supreme Court Justice
What are none?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
The minimum age for the President of the U.S.
What is 35 years old?
This amendment prevents illegal searches and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment?
The number of justices in the U.S. Supreme Court
What is 9?
A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution
What is an amendment?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
These are the 5 protections of the First Amendment.
The number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What is 27?
The House of Representatives has this total number of members
What is 435?
The head of the Supreme Court is called this.
What is Chief Justice?
When states officially approve or accept an amendment or agreement, they do this. (What is the word?)
A person elected to speak and/or act for a group of people.
What is a representative?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th?
A U.S. Senator is elected for this number of years
What is 6 years?
The President can reject a bill passed by Congress using this power.
What is the power of veto?
A count of the people living in the country.
What is a census?