Legislative
This branch makes the laws for our country.
Legislative Branch or Congress
This branch enforces (carries out) the laws. Who is the head of the national executive branch?
The President
This branch decides if laws follow the Constitution. What is the name of the system of courts at the top of this branch?
The federal courts (Judicial Branch)
This system makes sure no single branch becomes too powerful. What is it called?
Checks and Balances
The rules for how our country is run are written in special document called the what?
The Contsitution
The group of people who meet to makes at the national level is call Congress. Name the two parts of Congress
Senate and House of Representatives
The President works with a group of helpers who lead different departments. What is the group of people called?
The Cabinet
The highest court in the United States is called the what?
The Supreme Court
If Congress makes a law but the President does not like it, the President can send it back. What is that action called?
A Veto
A person who lives in a country and has rights and duties is called a what?
A citizen
A suggested law that members of Congress vote on is called a what?
A Bill
What is it called when the President refuses to approve a bill?
Veto
When a court explains what a law means or decides if it follows the Constitution that is called what?
Judicial Review
The courts can say a law is not allowed because it breaks the Constitution. What is this power called?
Judicial Review
The people who represent citizens in government are called what? (one-word answer)
Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives serve for how many years before they must re-run for election?
2 years
The President is elected for a term of how many years?
4 years
Judges on the highest court are chosen by the President and must be approved by which branch?
The Senate
Congress can remove a leader from the Executive or Judical branch for serios wrongdoing. This process begins in the House and ends in the Senate. What is the two-step process called?
Impeachment and Conviction.
A promise to follow the law and help your country is called what? (Hint: a duty of citizenship)
Civic Duty (Obeying laws)
This is the person who writes a bill and tries to get other members of Congress to support it. What do we call that person in relation to the bill?
The Bill's sponsor
When the President picks a person to be a leader of a department, another branch must approve that person. Which branch approves these appointments?
The Senate
A case that goes from a lower court to a higher court for a second decision is called a what?
An appeal
Name one way the Legislative branch limits the Executive branch (one specific check)
Senate must approve appointments, Congress can override a veto, Senate approves Treaties, Congress controls the money.
Define VETO in your own words.
A leader who says "NO" to a law