Branches
Our government is split into how many branches.
What are 3 branches?
These are the different levels of government.
What is Local, State, and National?
This document is the introduction to the U.S. Constitution. It's purpose is to give the guidelines and purpose of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
He was our first President.
Who is George Washington?
Amended means this.
What is changed or added?
This is the branch that has the President, Vice President, and the Cabinet.
What is the Executive Branch?
List two examples of National government.
What is printing money, lead the military, funding national parks, collect taxes, create and enforce laws, work with other countries to create peace.
These were the men who wrote the U.S. Constitution.
Who were the Framers?
This is the system the government follows to keep power balanced.
What is the checks and balance system?
The Supreme Court has this many members and they serve for life.
What is nine members?
This branch consists of the 2 groups of Congress.
What is the Legislative Branch?
List two examples of local government.
What is water and trash services, schools and libraries, police and fire dept., build roads?
These are the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
The word 'delegate' means this.
What is 'representative'?
Congress is split into these two groups.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The branch of government consists of the Supreme Court and other Federal courts.
What is the Judicial Branch?
List two examples of state government.
What are school learning, collect taxes, driver's licenses, fishing licenses, state parks, build highways?
These sets of laws are still followed today.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This was the place and year delegates met about the Consitution.
What is Philidelphia and 1787?
True or False: Congress members are directly elected by the people?
What is true?
This is the number of terms a president may serve.
What is two terms?
True or false: Every state has the same school standards.
What is false?
This branch of government's job is to judge laws against the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is the kind of government the U.S.A. is.
What is a republic?
This branch of government can declare war.
What is the Legislative Branch?