Legislative Branch
This house of Congress represents the people.
What is the House of Representatives
This department is responsible for the Food Stamp Program in America.
What is the Agriculture Department
This is the party who starts a lawsuit.
What is Plaintiff
This is the nickname for the twentieth amendment.
What is Lame Duck
This article tells how the Congress (Legislative Branch) is to be set up and what it can do.
What is Article 1
The fraction of our Senators elected every two years.
What is 1/3
Who can make a valid treaty with another country?
Who is Senate by 2/3 votes
This gives Congress the power to make all "necessary and proper laws"
What is Elastic Clause
This amendment gave eighteen-year-old citizens the right to vote
What is twenty-six
Who was president of the Constitutional Convention?
Who is George Washington
Someone who works in the “hallways” of Congress, attempting to influence the votes of congressman.
What is a lobbyist
This is how cabinet members get their jobs.
What is Appointed by President, and approved by 2/3 vote of Senate
A brief.
What is a written argument presented in a court case
This amendment repealed prohibition.
What is twenty-one
This article tells how to become a state in the U.S.
What is Article 4
Is there a limit on debate in the House?
Yes – one hour
This person is in charge of the Department of Justice.
Who is the Attorney General.
Presides at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Chief Justice of the United States
The two ways can a proposed amendment become a law.
What are :
Ratified by ¾ of the state’s legislatures
Ratified by ¾ of the state’s convention
This was the number of state approvals needed to ratify the Constitution.
What is 9
The order of the President’s succession.
What is President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore, Secretary of State
Name the Federal Departments.
What is State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Affairs, Transportation, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security
These are the only ways for a case to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is:
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Claims
U.S. Court of Custom and Patent Appeals
The eighteenth amendment did what?
Prohibition – make the sale of alcohol illegal
This is what the Constitutional Convention called the agreement that combined the New Jersey and Virginia Plans.
What is The Great Compromise (or Connecticut Plan)