How a bill becomes a law
Legislative Powers
Clauses of the Constitution
Letters from Birmingham
Misc
100

When a president denies the passing of a bill

What is veto?

100

Powers stated directly in the constitution.

What is an Expressed Power?

100

This clause of the constitution establishes the fact that federal law supersedes state law.

What is the supremacy clause.

100

Who wrote letters from Birmingham?

What is Martin Luther King, Jr

100

What does the legislative branch do?

Make laws

200

Where the bill is placed

What is a hopper?

200

This clause is a multiple of 5 and can punish acts if Terror in the United States.

What is the 10th Clause?

200

The founders put this clause into the constitution to make it a flexible document.

What is the elastic clause.

200

What year was The letters from Birmingham wrote?

What is 16 April 1963.

200

What does the executive branch do?

carries out laws.

300

Where the bill is referred to once it is introduced

What is a committee?

300

Allows congress the power to stretch to meet the new needs.

What is "the elastic clause" or Clause 18 of article 1, section 8?

300

The ___ ___ and ___ clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees established in one state will be binding in another state.

What is Full Faith and Credit.

300

What kind of campaign was MLK running?

A nonviolent campaign.

300

What does the judicial branch do?

interpets laws

400

The number of people needed to vote yea in the House of Representatives

What is 218?

400

Only congress has the power to do this.

What is declare war?

400

According to the supremacy clause, what three items make up the supreme law of the land?

What is the US constitution, the US laws, and US treaties.

400

What are the four basic steps?

Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self purification; and direct action.

400

What is one way the Executive branch do to check the judicial branch?

Appoints federal judges.

500

A bill that is signed by the president

What is a law?

500

Two of congress's most important legislative powers.

What is raising/spending money; regulating commerce; dealing with foreign affairs?

500

The Foreign Commerce clause gives the power of regulating international trade to this branch of government.

What is the legislative branch

500

What medical problem does he compare the problem too?

What is a Boil.

500

What is one way the executive branch checks the legislative branch?

can veto acts of congress