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What is the job of the Executive branch?
To enforce the laws
100
What is the job of the legislative branch?
To make the laws
100
What is the highest court in the land?
The Supreme Court
100
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
100
This man was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.
Who is Benjamin Franklin.
200
How long is the term of a U.S. president? How many terms can a president serve for?
4 years; 2 terms or ten years.
200
What are the two houses of the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government
House of Representatives and the Senate
200
How do judges get on the Supreme Court?
They are nominated by the President and then approved by the Senate by a 2/3 vote. (Sometimes, the Senate doesn't approve a judicial nominee and then the process has to start over to fill the spot.)
200
What is the first amendment?
Basic Freedoms. Freedom of speech, religion and press; right to assemble; right to petition
200
What was the name of America's first plan of government.
The Articles of Confederation
300
A President must be a natural-born citizen. What does this mean?
The President must have been born somewhere in the United States of America.
300
This is what happened as a result of the Great Compromise. How is each house represented?
What is What is the splitting of Congress into two houses who each have states represented differently? Senate, 2 reps per state. House of Reps, based on population.
300
What is the term of office for a Supreme Court judge?
FOR LIFE!!!!
300
What amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment.
The 8th Amendment
300
A governing system in which the states share authority with the national government.
What is Federalism
400
What does the Department of State deal with? Bonus 100 points, who is our Secretary of State?
Deals with foreign affairs, amabassador for the United States. Bonus: Hillary Clinton.
400
What is the percentage of Congress that must vote YES to override a president's veto?
2/3
400
What is judicial review?
Our body of law is based on the Constitution. The Supreme Court reviews legal decisions or laws passed and reviews the Constitution and decides whether the decisions/laws are constitutional or if they go against something in the Constitution. If they go against the Constitution (are unconstitutional), the Supreme Court will reverse the decision or strike the law down.
400
What amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures.
The 4th Amendment
400
This Amendment was passed on August 18, 1920. Its purpose was to grant voting rights to this distinct group of people.
19th Amendment ------> Who are women.
500
What does it mean to be impeached? Bonus 100 points, what two Presidents have been impeached? (100 pts for each name)
To be accussed of a crime (not convicted). Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
500
Name the terms of both houses AND the age requirements. Bonus 200 points: Who are the two Senators from Illinois?
Senate: 6 Year Term/ 30 Years Old HOR: 2 Year Term/ 25 Years Old. Mark Kirk, Richard Durbin
500
What is original jurisdiction?
It is the power to hear the case for the first time. Some cases start at the lowest levels of the court system and get handed up to higher courts if there is disagreement. Other cases go straight to the Supreme Court because the Supreme Court has "original jurisdiction" in that type of case.
500
The Fifth Amendment protects anyone found guilty in a criminal trial from being tried again for the same crime. What is the name for this protection?
Double Jeopardy
500
System by which we indirectly elect the President of the United States. Each state gets votes equal to the number of members of Congress each state has.
What is the Electoral College