Vocabulary
The President's advisors
What is the cabinet?
The amount of justices currently serving on the Supreme Court.
The amount of houses in Congress.
What is two houses?
The amount of people who work for the Executive Branch.
What is 4 million?
Has the power to collect taxes.
What is both the Federal and State Governments?
The ability of each branch of government to keep the other branches from becoming too powerful
What is checks and balances?
The highest court in America.
What is the Supreme Court?
The house based off of population.
What is the House of Representatives?
This person heads our Executive Branch.
What is the President?
Has the power to print money.
What is the Federal Government?
The people who elect our President
What is electors? What is the electoral college?
The Judicial Branch makes sure laws follow the Constitution and are not __________.
What is unconstitutional?
The total amount of Senators in America.
What is 100?
The 3 people or groups in charge of the Executive Branch.
What is the President, Vice-President, and the Cabinet.
Has the power to create local governments.
What is the State Government?
Each branch of government is separate from the others and functions on its own
What is separation of powers?
The Judicial Branch does this.
What is interprets the laws?
The Legislative Branch does this.
What is makes laws and establishes taxes?
The Executive Branch does this.
What is makes sure the laws are carried out?
Has the power to build roads.
What is both the Federal and State Governments?
Means 2 houses
What is bicameral?
The Article in the Constitution that talks about the Legislative Branch.
What is Article I?
The group included in the Executive Branch that defends our country.
What is the military?
Has the power to build the military.
What is the Federal Government?