Show:
Judicial Branch
Vocab List #6
Early Years
Fun Facts
Revolution
100
What does the Judicial branch do?
-Review laws, explains laws, resolve disputes, and decides if a law goes against the Constitution. 
100

What is an amendment?

- a change (to the Constitution) 

- an addition (to the Constitution)

100
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans. 
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 
Thomas Jefferson. 
100
Who was the first president?
George Washington
200

The only court the Constitution creates is

The Supreme Court

200

Delegate

A representative sent to Congress

200
There were 13 original states. Name three 
New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Connecticut. New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Delaware. Maryland. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia.   
200

What is the capital of our state?

Harrisburg

200
Why did the colonists fight the British? 
Because of high taxes (taxation without representation), because the British army stayed in their houses, because they didn't have self-government.  
300

Two kinds of legal cases are

Criminal and civil

300

Pardon

The president has the power to forgive someone of their crimes and release them from prison. 

300
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
George Washington
300

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? 

The United States, the flag. 
300
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 
July 4, 1776
400

The job of the Court of Appeals is

Look for an error made by an earlier court

400

Checks and balances

The power for each branch of government to check and control the power of the other branch so that one does not get too powerful. 

400
When was the Constitution written? 
1787
400
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.  
The Civil War
400

Why was the Constitution written

Law of the land; limit government, give citizens rights

500

Name one current justice on the supreme court

John G. Roberts, Jr., Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson

500

Concurrent Powers

Powers held by both the federal and state governments

500
Name one problem that led to the Civil War. 
Slavery. 
500

What is the supreme law of the land?

The US Constitution

500
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? 
U.S. diplomat. Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention. First postmaster General of the United States. Writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac. Started the free libraries