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Ideas
100
The 3 branches of government
What are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
100
The commander in chief of the armed forces?
Who is the president?
100
A presidential VETO
What is Congress (or Legislative)?
100
The number of US senators from each state
What is 2?
100

The president of the United States?

Who is Donald Trump?

200
The highest job in the Executive branch
What is the President?
200
Can speak to other countries for the USA
Who is the president?
200
Only Congress can declare war
What is the president (or Executive)?
200
The way the number of representatives for a state is decided
What is by population?
200
When the US Constitution was written
What is 1787?
300
The highest job in the legislative branch
What is the US Congress?
300
Can declare war
What is Congress?
300
Impeachment
What is the president (and/or Supreme Court Justices)?
300
The number of Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
300
Where you find the directions for the organization of our government
What is the Constitution?
400
The highest job in the Judicial branch?
What is the Supreme Court?
400
Appoints Supreme Court Justices
Who is the president?
400
Senate has to approve appointments
What is the president (or Executive)?
400
The name of our US Representative
What is Paul Hodes?
400
The idea the Framers used to make sure no branch of government had too much power
What is Checks and Balances?
500
The branch of the government that interprets the laws/
What is the Judicial branch?
500
Can levy taxes
Who is Congress?
500
The Supreme Court can say a law is unconstitutional
What is the Legislative branch (or Congress)?
500

2 Supreme Court Justices

Who are Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barett?

500
Who the members of the government are supposed to represent
What is the American People?
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