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This branch of government is responsible for writing the laws.
Legislative Branch
A branch of government that is made up of the president, the vice president, and the cabinet.
Executive Branch
A president can do this to a bill if he does not want it to become a law.
Veto
What are the 3 Branches of the United States government?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
The guiding document/supreme law of the United States of America. This document includes the Bill of Rights.
Drafted in 1787 and ratified in 1788
The Constitution
A system in which no one government branch has power. Each branch "checks" each other so that the power stays in balance.
Checks and Balances
The laws from what document guide the Supreme Court’s decisions?
The Constitution
What makes up our Congress?
The Legislative Branch (House and Senate)
Made up of 100 elected members. Part of the Legislative Branch.
US Senate
A part of the Judicial branch that is made up of nine justices appointed by the president and approved by Congress.
Supreme Court
How many members of the House of Representatives are there?
435
There are how many justices on the Supreme Court
9
Double Points!
Which amendment protects citizens against illegal search and seizure?
4th Amendment
(T/F) The President is commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
True
the heads of the 15 executive departments. Appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, the members are often the President's closest confidants.
Presidential Cabinet
Whats the Virginia Plan?
-Representation by state population
-2 body legislature
-Materialized into the House of Representatives during the Great Compromise
What SC Case set the precedent that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case
Brown vs. Board of Education
What is the attorney general?
represents the United States in legal matters
Which branch is responsible for carrying out the laws?
Executive Branch
What are the three qualifications a person must have to be president?
Explain the concept of Judicial Review
the ability of the Supreme Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution
How long is a Senators term? How old do you have to be to be in the Senate?
How long is a House member term? How old do you have to be to be in the House?
Senate: 30 Y.O. 6 year term
House: 25 Y.O. 2 year term
Please draw out how a bill becomes a law on the board (you may use your notebook but you only have 90 seconds starting now!)
What is an executive order?
a declaration by the president or a governor which has the force of law, usually based on existing statutory powers. Executive orders do not require any action by the Congress or state legislature to take effect, and the legislature cannot overturn it.
How many electors are there in the United States?
538