Branches of Government
This branch creates the law.
What is the Legislative Branch?
What is Bicameral?
Step 1 of the Law Making Process.
What is introducing a bill to Congress?
Meaning "Government of the People" and the type of government we have in the US.
What is Democracy?
The two ways to become a Citizen of the United States.
What are being born here or Naturalization?
This branch interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The primary leader of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
Step 2 of the Law Making Process?
What is working on the bill in committee?
Where the goals of the United States government are located?
What is the Preamble?
The amendment that defines Citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This branch carries, enforces, and enacts the law.
What is the Executive Branch?
The main body that makes up the Judicial Branch.
What is the Supreme Court?
Step 3 of the Law Making Process
What is voting on the bill in the House of Representatives?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Obeying the law, paying taxes, serving in the military if called, and serving on a jury if asked.
What are your Civic Duties?
The system where branches of government each have power over the other.
What is Checks and Balances?
The number of chambers in Congress AND their names.
What is 2 chambers AND the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Step 4 of the Law Making Process?
What is voting on the bill again in the Senate?
Your 5 first amendment freedoms.
What are Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition?
VOTING, serving in elected office, and staying informed of current issues.
What are your Civic Responsibilities?
Dividing powers of government between the different branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
The number of congressmen in each chamber of Congress and how that number is determined.
What is 100 Senators (2 per state) and 435 Representatives (determined by a state's population)?
Step 5 of the Law Making Process.
What is sending the bill to the President for approval or veto.
Powers not given to the Federal government are given to who, and what they are called.
What are States and Reserved Powers?
The 3 requirements to vote in the US.
What is being 18, a citizen of the US, and being registered?