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Legislative Branch
Legislative Branch II
Executive Branch
Tar Heel State Govt/Taxes
Poppin Off The Top Of The Dome
100
to talk a bill to death
What is filibuster
100
Length of Term for a US Senator
What is 6 years
100
what happens when a President leaves office or is killed.
What is Presidential Succession
100
taxes paid directly to the government
What is Direct tax
100
In the US Army if your rank is a gold oak leaf cluster what are you called?
What is major
200
Jobs are given out to members of congress based on this
What is seniority system
200
What is the age qualification for a US Senator
What is 30 years old
200
process of the removal of the president
What is impeachment
200
is money that the government takes in, in order to provide services
What is Revenue
200
What does NASA stand for?
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration
300
The Upper House of Congress is this
What is The Senate
300
How many many members are there in the US House of Rep.
What is 435
300
The president appoints these positions, but appointments must be approved by the Senate
What is cabinet members
300
when the government spends more than it collects
What is budget deficit
300
This short lived but popular Nickelodeon TV took place at a summer camp and had popular characters named Budnick, Sponge, and Pinsky
What is Salute Your Shorts
400
procedure to limit the debate of a bill
What is cloture
400
authorizes Congress to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out duties under the constitution.
What is Elastic Clause
400
Name the 2 Presidents who were impeached Double Jeopardy what were the reasons?
What is A. Johnson and B. Clinton Violation of the Office of Tenure Act and Lying under oath during a federal investigation
400
– ensures free elections, religious liberty, freedom of speech/press, and the right to an education in North Carolina
What is Declaration of Rights
400
the actor who played naive congressman in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
What is Jimmy Stewart
500
bills/laws dealing with money
What is appropriations bills
500
Who are the two US Senators from NC? Double Jeopardy - Name their party affiliation
What is Hagan (D), Burr (R)
500
Executive Branch Powers are established in this article of the Constitution
What is Article 2
500
current governor of NC
What is Patrick McCrory
500
Name 5 of the 8 Presidents how have died in office
What is WH Harrison, Z Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, FDR, JFK