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Previous Units
100
The main structure of the legislative branch, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is Congress?
100
This is the head of the Executive branch.
What is the President?
100

The head of the judicial branch is this.

What is the Supreme Court?

100

It is the sharing of power between the national and state government.

What is Federalism?

100
The President is in office for terms of this length. 

What is four years?

200
A bill must be approved through these before being shown to the President.
What is House of Representatives and Senate?
200

A nationwide emergency is unfolding and the President forces Congress back to work to help solve the issue. 

What is Calling Special Sessions?

200
This is the court's ability to test the constitutionality of a law.
What judicial review?
200

Powers that both the State and the Federal Governments can use.

What are Concurrent Powers?

200

A Senator's term is how many years long?

What is six years?
300

Congress has the power to collect these to raise money and decide how it gets spent. 

What is the Power of the Purse?

300
The president can do this to a law from Congress.
What is veto?
300

Its is this court's ability to review the actions of a member of the executive branch. 

What is Judicial Review? 

300

Also known as Delegated Powers, these are the powers given solely to the Federal Government.

What are Enumerated Powers? 

300

A sentence that explains the purpose for the American Constitution. 

What is the "Preamble?"

400

Congress does not like the Supreme courts ruling on a law they passed and wants to change it. 

What is Proposing Constitutional Amendments? 
400

The President have control over the entire US Military.

What is Commander and Chief? 

400

How many Justices are on the Supreme Court? 

What is 9? 

400

When all power rests in a central government.

What is a Unitary Government

400

 When political power is held by a monarchy or dictatorship.

What is"Absolute Power?"

500

The Senate does not like the person the President selected to become the New Supreme Court justice. 

What is Advise and Consent? 

500

A Supreme Court member decides to retire, and the President selects someone to take their place. 

What is Appointing Judges? 

500

A person does not like the out come of their court decision. 

What is an Appelle? 

500

When a higher level of law is in conflict with a lower level of law, the higher level law always wins. 

What is Federal Supremacy?

500

Montesquieu's new idea about government?

What is Limited Government?