Checks & Balances
Congress can override a veto with ___ majority vote.
What is 2/3
Our current president.
Who is Joe Biden?
Another name for the legislative branch.
What is Congress?
The highest court in the U.S.
What is the Supreme Court?
The name of the people who created the Constitution.
Who are the Framers/ the Founding Fathers?
The Senate approves all _____.
What is a treaty/ What are treaties?
The president's advisors, more formally known as his _______. They handle everything (Ex: Food & Drug Administration.
Who is his/her cabinet?
______ chamber; consists of 100 members. The vice president serves as a tie-breaker in case the ______ is equally divided on an issue.
What is the Senate?
There are _ justices on the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
This branch can add amendments to the Constitution and strike them down if deemed unconstitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
The judicial branch can declare a presidential act or law ________________.
What is unconstitutional?
The president's running mate. They preside over the Senate in case the senators are equally divided on an issue. (DD)
Who is the vice president?
The number of members you send to this part of Congress is proportional to your state's population. There are 435 members.
What is the House of Representatives?
The lower courts (local and state) use the Supreme Court's _______ as examples for their decisions.
What is a ruling?
The first 10 amendments were added to the Constitution after it was ratified.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The president can grant _______, which can clear someone of a punishment. (Counteracts punishments issued from the judicial branch.)
What is a pardon?
The building where the president and his/her family live; includes the Oval Office.
What is the White House?
The Senate can try a government official for __________.
What is impeachment?
What is criminal?
The 13th Amendment abolished _______.
What is slavery?
Congress has the power to declare ___.
What is war?
The time a president can serve; _ terms. (Number)
What is 2?
The Senate handles government ________. (what the government uses its money on.)
What is spending?
This judge is RBG and served on the Supreme Court for 27 years until she died in 2020 at 87. (DD)
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to __.
What is 18?