Legislative
The legislative body of our federal government (hint: both houses)
What is Congress?
Head executive of the Federal government
Who is the President?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the United States Supreme Court?
The case that establishes Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The number of amendments in the US Constitution.
What is 27?
The house of Congress where representation is based on population
What is the House of Representatives?
The head of the executive branch of the state government.
Who is the Governor?
The highest court in the state of Virginia.
What is the Virginia Supreme Court?
Supreme court Case that declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional.
Brown v Board of Education
First three words of the Preamble to the Constitution.
What is "We the People"?
The house of Congress where each state is given equal representatives
What is the Senate?
The group of advisors appointed by the President.
What is the Cabinet?
A term to describe the Supreme court's ability to declare laws and actions "unconstitutional".
What is Judicial Review?
Supreme court Case that establishes that your rights must be read to you upon arrest.
What is Miranda v. Arizona
The document that established the first for of American government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
After a bill is passed by both houses, it goes here to be signed into law
Where is the Oval Office to be signed be the President?
The term to describe the role the President takes on as the highest ranking military official.
What is the commander-in-chief?
A term to describe the party in a civil case that is accusing the defendant.
What is a plaintiff?
Supreme court Case that ensures access to an attorney despite how much money you have.
Gideon v Wainwright
The document that first restricted the King to the same law as the rest of Britain.
What is the Magna Carta?
The amount of states needed to ratify an amendment to the US Constitution.
38
The person who would become President if both the President and Vice President are unable to serve.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is 9?
What is Tinker v Des Moines
If you are not born on U.S. Soil, or have citizens as parents, this is the only way to become an American Citizen.
What is Naturalization?