Executive
Charlie Baker.
Who is the Massachusetts governor?
You must be at least 25 years old to hold this position.
What is the age requirement for Representatives?
This is the current governing document in the US.
What is the constitution?
This level of government does NOT have the authority to appoint judges.
What is the city?
This law states that we the people have the right to bear arms.
What is the second amendment?
If a president dislikes a law he/she can use this tool.
What is a veto?
Congress gets its law making powers from this document.
What is the Constitution?
This was the first governing document in the US.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Each level of government has an executive head, this is the name of those heads.
What are President, Governor, and Mayor?
This nation had a Bill of Rights before the United States that influenced our set.
What is Great Britain?
This is the number of electoral votes needed to win a presidential election.
What is 270?
During an impeachment trial this branch gets to convict (press charges) on the president.
What is the House of Representatives?
This is the number of basic principles in the Constitution to protect peoples rights.
What is 6?
This clause states that Federal laws take control over State laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
In order for a bill to become a law, it must pass to the president. This is the ________ step in the process. (there are 6 steps)
What is 5th?
This action doubled the size of the United States, helping to expand the powers of the presidency.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Committees that are permanent are called this.
What is standing?
These documents, written by Hamilton, Madison and Jay, were published to persuade states to ratify the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This amendment gives unlisted powers to the states, not the Federal government.
This court system has jurisdiction over cases between two states.
What is federal courts?
The president and governor both have powers to appoint these people.
What are Supreme Court Justicces?
This is the number of legislative members in the Massachusetts congress.
What is 200?
These two plans were merged together to make the Great Compromise for the Constitution.
What are the Virginia and New Jersey plan?
In the US Constitution, this was added to allow powers to be used that were not exactly written into the document.
What is the elastic clause?
This Act restricted Freedom of Speech, if your speech went against the Adams government.
What is the Sedition Act?