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Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Bureaucracy
Judicial Branch
Jackson Surprise
100
The total number of members in Congress
What is 535?
100
Amendment that limits presidential terms
What is the 22nd Amendment?
100
More than half of all civilian federal employees work for this department
What is the Department of Defense?
100
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Who is John Marshall?
100
Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand" 
What is stare decisis?
200
Ratifies treaties negotiated by the president
Who is the Senate?
200
Current vice president 
Who is Mike Pence? 
200
The 1883 act that created the federal civil service
What is the Pendleton Act?
200
Cases that con be heard in wither federal or state court
What is concurrent jurisdiction?
200
Officially known as "the opinion of the Court"
What is the majority opinion? 
300
The legislative process by which the majority party in each state legislature redraws congressional districts to ensure the maximum number of seats
What is gerrymandering?
300
Type of government that occurs when the presidency and Congress are controlled by different parties
What is a divided government? 
300
The number of cabinet departments
What is 15?
300
Supreme court case that struck down the portion of the Federal Election Reform Act
What is Buckley v Valeo?
300
Current Secretary of Defense?
Who is James/Jim Mattis? 
400
The privilege that allows members of Congress to mail newsletters to their constituents at the government's expense
What is the franking privilege?
400
Two powers given to the president
What are...
400
Congress has the responsibility to exercise legislative _____________ over the federal bureaucracy
What is oversight?
400
The act that established the size of the Supreme Court
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
400
_________________ requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops.
What is the War Powers Resolution? 
500
Current Speaker of the House
Who is Paul Ryan?
500
The type of veto the president may not use but many governors are allowed 
What is the line-item veto?
500
Includes policy experts, media pundits, congressional staffs, and interest groups who regularly debate an issue
What are issue networks?
500
Number of district courts 
What is 94?
500
The tax-exempt organization created to influence the political process
What are 527 groups?