Define
Constitution
What is the Foundation of the Federal Government or what is the supreme law of the land?
List the three names of branches?
Legislative, executive and judicial
Explain the executive branch
Explain how legislative branch check the other branches?
Executive
1. Through impeachment, Congress have vote to have president removed.
2. The president appoints the Supreme Court justice
Judicial
1.Congress can check the power through impeachment.
2.approves the judges the President elects
Define Articles of Confederation
What is the Articles of Confederation was a government that was supposed to help rule the 13 colonies. A few problems with the Articles of Confederation were the government had no power to collect taxes, there was only one vote per state, no president and the government had no power. It created a weak government which gave power to the states
Preamble
What is the Preamble is a short statement that introduces the Constitution of the United States and its purposes?
List three parts of the Constitution
What is the Preamble, seven articles and the amendments?
Explain what the legislative branch does?
creates laws for the US
Explain how does the executive branch check the other branches
Legislative
1.by vetoing a bill
2.If a bill is vetoed, it goes back to Congress. Then it can pass by 2/3 vote then it can become a law. Vice President decides if there is a tie.
Judicial
1. Appoints judges
2.Executive branch officials like state governors and the United States President can overturn convictions by the court.
List two problems with the Articles of Confederation.
1. government had no power to collect taxes?
2. there was only one vote per state, no president and the government had no power.
3. It created a weak government which gave power to the states
Congress
What is made up of Senate and House of Representatives?
What is the legislative branch?
List three levels of government
What is federal, state and local government?
What does the judicial branch do?
interprets the laws
May declare laws unconstitutional.
Explain how does the judicial branch check the other branches?
Executive
Legislative
Explain how a bill became a law.
First, a bill must pass both houses of Congress by a majority vote. After it has passed out of Congress, it is sent along to the President. If the President signs the bill, it becomes law.
Separation of Powers
What is the powers that divides the executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch
Explain what branch the President is charge of?
Executive branch
The head of the of the legislative branch
Who is the Vice President?
Explain checks and balances
What is checks and balances are important because it means that no branch of government has too much power. They are all equal.
Explain the Bill of Rights and its importance?
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution. It gives American’s their rights like freedom of speech, religion and press.
Civic Duty and give an example
What is a responsibility expected from all members of a society? It follows the principle that citizens have an obligation to serve their society. In return, they receive certain rights and protections. An example of civic duty is jury duty.
Explain how the President becomes the president?
He must meet the qualifications (natural born citizen, 35 years old)
Then he must win the primary and then the national convention and then he runs in the National election
Explain the difference between House of Representatives and Senate?
House of Representatives are elected every 2 years. All 435 seats are up for reelection every 2 years. It is popular vote. It is known as the lower house. To be eligible as a representative, a person needs to be at least 25 years old at the time of the election and have lived continuously in the U.S. for at least 7 years.
Senate elected every 6 years. There are 100 seats. They are voted on based on state 2 seats per state. To become a senator, one must be at least 30 years old at the time of the election and have lived continuously in the U.S. for at least 9 years. It is not a requirement to be a natural-born citizen in order to become a member of Congress.
Explain Electoral College process
The Electoral College process consists of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your State has the same number of electors as it does Members in its Congressional delegation: one for each Member in the House of Representatives plus two Senators.
What does the Preamble mean in your own words?
" We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings to liberty to ourselves and posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States.”
The Preamble is the introduction to the Constitution that states the goals and purposes of the government.
The people of the US are going to work together to get fairness, peace, a common form of military/ defense, increase happiness/wellbeing and have blessing to our freedom and long life by following laws of the Constitution.