Miscellaneous
Who can vote in U.S. elections?
What is Citizens aged 18+?
DAILY DOUBLE
Rod Roberson serves as the executive member at the local level. This is his title.
This system of government ensures that not one branch of government becomes more powerful than the other.
What is checks and balances?
This is the title of the schoolhouse rock song we listened to about how a bill becomes a law
What is "I'm just a bill?"
This is a synonym for national.
What is federal?
The constitution was written in this year.
What is 1787?
These are the three branches of government.
What are executive, legislative, and judicial?
This house of Congress must approve Supreme Court nominees.
What is the Senate?
After a bill is proposed it is debated in______.
What is committee?
Elections happen at these levels of government.
What is all three?
These elections decide who will represent the party in November
What is the primary?
This branch makes the laws.
What is legislative?
If a president has committed high crimes and misdemeanors, the legislative branch could use this check to attempt to remove him or her from office.
What is impeachment?
If the bill passes both houses of Congress, it goes to this person to be signed.
What is the president?
Decisions made at this level of government have the most impact on citisens.
What is local?
This part of the constitution begins with the words "we the people."
What is the Preamble?
This branch of government enforces the laws.
What is executive?
The executive can do this to the laws passed by the legislative if he/she doesn't approve.
What is veto?
This entire process of an idea becoming a bill and then becoming a law happens mainly with this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch?
Education is most related to this level of government.
What is state?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution is a part of this document.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This branch of government interprets the laws.
What is judicial?
This is the check the judicial branch on both the other branches of government.
What is declaring actions unconstitutional?
This is the fraction needed in both houses in order to override a veto.
What is two thirds?
Different states have different laws. This diversity is because of this division of power.
What is federalism?