The US Constitution
What is the Supreme Law of the Land
the US constitution
What part of the constitution deals with the president and his cabinet
Article 2
What do the senate and the house of representatives make up?
Congress
What was the US' role in WWI
US entered war late but help the allies win the war?
What are the two main jobs of the Judaical Branch?
Interpret the law and settle disputes?
Name the six purposes established in the Preamble?
a.Form a more perfect union
b. establish justice
c. insure domestic tranquility
What speech does the President deliver to Congress each year
The State of the Union Address
What vocab word means two houses?
Bicameral
How did the US get into WWII
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor,December 7,1941,US Declared War on Japan. Japan and Germany
What is the highest court in the land?
The United States Supreme Court
What do Article 1,2 and 3 deal with?
The Three Branches
a. Article 1- legislative
b. Article 2-executive branch
c. Article 3-Judicial branch
what can the president do to make a law without congress.
Issue an executive order
List enumerated powers 6 of 9
Declare war
tax and spend
coin and print money
establish courts
regulated trade
what did the US do to end the war with japan?
Dropped Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
9
What are the 3 ways you call powers listed in the constitution?
a. enumerated
b. delegated powers
c. expressed powers
What is a treaty called without Congressional approval
Executive agreement
what power does congress get from the necessary and proper clause?
implied Powers
What two countries were the main players in the Cold War
U.S.A and the U.S.S.R
What is the main justice called?
Chief Justice
Name 5 enumerated powers?
declare war,coin and print money,regulated trade, make rules for citizenship, regulated commerce,patents,post offices weight and measures,establish courts.
List the 7 roles of the president
party leader
head of state
chief economist
chief diplomat
What is another name for the necessary and proper clause?
Elastic clause
What two organization were formed by these countries and allies?
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
What are the others justice called?
Associate Justices