The head of the English government, elected by parliament, is known as one of these, not a president.
What is a prime minister?
100
This body has the power to approve presidential appointments.
What is the Senate?
100
These are the stated powers of Congress in the U.S. Constitution.
What are enumerated/expressed/delegated powers?
100
Federalism helps to do this to government power by allowing America to be united without imposing uniformity on everyone, by sharing power between multiple state and national entities, and by encouraging states to experiment with new policies and ideas. By the way, entity means something capable of acting for itself. Ghosts are entities. Dogs are entities. Governments are entities. Velociraptors are entities.
What is limit?
100
It is important to be able to amend the Constitution because society does this.
What is change/any word that means change?
200
The head of a state's executive branch in 'Murka is known as one of these.
What is a governor?
200
This branch of government regulates, provides for, and pays for the armed forces of the United States.
What is the legislative branch/Congress?
200
The Senate confirms treaties written by this chief of the executive branch.
Who is the president?
200
The 10th Amendment states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the __________, are reserved to the ___________ respectively, or to the people." Fill in the blank (hint: it's the same word for both blanks.) This is why Florida can regulate (control and run) its public schools differently from Georgia if it wants to.
What are states?
200
Though it is important for the Constitution to be able to be amended if necessary, the Founding Fathers made the process this so that dumb, harmful changes were unlikely (though it still happened once anyway, with the 18th Amendment!)
What is difficult/any word that means difficult?
300
This person, the head of the executive branch, is responsible for commanding the armed forces of America as 'commander-in-chief' and for appointing federal judges.
Who is the president?
300
The power to print and coin money belongs only to this level of government.
What is the national/federal government?
300
Congress sets these requirements, determining who may or may not apply for citizenship and under what conditions.
What are naturalization requirements?
300
Powers shared concurrently between the states and the national government include the powers to create laws, punish crimes, and do this to pay for government services.
What is collect taxes?
300
Society benefits from this constitutional protection because it encourages people to talk openly about ways to improve their government and their lives.
What is freedom of speech?
400
The legislative branch is made up of these two bodies, a lower and an upper house. Name them both, please.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
400
The power to declare war rests solely with this branch.
What is the legislative branch/Congress?
400
Congress may regulate this, the influx of non-citizens into America from foreign places for various reasons.
What is immigration?
400
To amend the Constitution, this fraction of the U.S. House and Senate may propose an amendment, or the same fraction of the state legislatures may call for a constitutional convention to propose an amendment.
What is 2/3?
400
Society benefits from this protection because journalists are allowed to report on what the government is actually doing with our time and money.
What is freedom of the press?
500
This is the court of last resort, beyond which there is no appeal, of the United States federal government.
What is the Supreme Court?
500
This clause, also called the necessary and proper clause, provides Congress with its implied powers, necessary to carry out its enumerated powers. The exact meaning and scope of the clause, however, is up for debate.
What is the elastic clause?
500
Congress may regulate this between the states and between the U.S. and foreign nations, and between the U.S. and 'the Indian tribes.'
What is trade?
500
For an amendment to be accepted and officially added to the end of the U.S. Constitution, it must be ____________ by 3/4 of the state legislatures. Fill in the blank (use the term I taught you in class that means 'accepted' or 'passed' when referring to an amendment.)
What is ratified?
500
Society benefits from this constitutional protection of your right to get together in groups and protest something bad that the government is doing, by keeping the government ultimately accountable to the citizens it has been elected to represent.