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Challenge!
100
Who has 100 members
The Senate
100
Who settles a strike?
Secretary of Labor
100
Who interprets the laws and administers justice?
Judicial branch
100
Who has the power to raise, borrow, and manage government spending?
Congress
100
Who receives a larger salary: United States Representatives or the United States Senators?
Neither, they both receive the same sum
200
Who meets in the Capitol Building?
Both Senate and the House of Representatives
200
Who is in charge of the Farm Program?
Secretary of Agriculture
200
Who has two houses?
Legislative branch
200
True or false: to be president, you must be a natural born citizen.
True
200
What fraction of the vote is necessary for Congress to pass a law over the President's veto?
2/3 vote in each the House and Senate
300
Who can approve or reject treaties?
Senate
300
Who is the Chief Legal Officer?
Attorney General
300
Who enforces the laws?
Executive branch
300
Who can call both houses of Congress into special session?
President
300
Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
400
Who has the Vice President as presiding officer?
Senate
400
Who is in charge of foreign affairs?
Secretary of State
400
Who is the court system of the country?
Judicial branch
400
Who can make treaties with foreign countries: federal or state government?
Federal government
400
Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"?
Patrick Henry
500
Who has members that are elected every two years?
House of Representatives
500
Who is in charge of social security?
Secretary of Human Services
500
The president is a part of which branch?
Executive branch
500
What allows for laws to be made for subjects that did not even exist in 1787?
The elastic clause in the constitution
500
The responsibility for coining and printing money goes to...
The United States Treasury Department