General Knowledge
The introduction to the Constitution, explaining the intentions and goals of the new government
What is the Preamble?
The number of Senators each state gets, regardless of population
What is two?
The title given to the president as head of the armed forces of the United States
What is the Commander in Chief?
The highest court in the U.S.
What is the Supreme Court?
The number of terms in office a president can serve, laid out in the 22nd Amendment
What is two?
The governing document of the U.S. before the U.S. Constitution was written
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The age someone must be to become a Representative
What is 25?
The age a U.S. citizen needs to be to become president
What is 35?
The length of the term in office for a Supreme Court justice
What is a lifetime
This many amendments make up the Bill of Rights
What is ten?
The idea that the three branches of government have some authority to respond to or check the actions of the other branches, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances?
The two houses, or chambers, of the legislative branch
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This chamber of Congress must approve any treaty a president makes with another country
What is the Senate?
The number of justices who currently sit on the Supreme Court
What is nine?
The First Amendment guarantees these five freedoms (list three)
What is religion, speech, press, assembly, or petition
The model of government the authors of the Constitution created to ensure that no one branch of the new government would have two much power
What is Separation of Powers?
The article in the U.S. Constitution where the Legislative Branch's powers are defined
What is Article I?
This power gives the president the constitutional right to "check" a proposal made by Congress by rejecting it
What is veto power (or veto)?
The Article in the U.S. Constitution that defines the Judicial Branch's powers
What is Article III?
The body of representatives who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president of the U.S.
What is the electoral college?
The type of government in which power is given to the government by the citizens through elected representatives
What is a republic?
This determines the number of representatives in each state
What is population?
The percentage (in fraction form) of members that must vote for an override in order to block a veto?
What is 2/3?
The court's authority to hear certain cases without those cases going through a lower court first
What is Jurisdiction?
One of the amendments that gave certain groups of people the right to vote
What is the 15th (race), 19th (women), or 26th (age 18 and older) amendment?