Constitution
Name the 3 branches of the US Federal government
What is the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
How many members does the Senate have.
What is 100?
The three parts of the Constitution
What is the preamble, the articles and the amendments?
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
What is the Constitution
What is the 5th Amendment
This is the first phrase of the Preamble
what is "We the People"
Which branch can impeach the President?
What is the Legislative Branch?
Where does the executive branch get its power?
Article 2
This branch of the national government interprets the laws?
What is judicial?
The power to protect the rights of citizens is given to which level of government?
All. This is a concurrent power.
Name the two houses or chambers of the Legislative Branch.
What is Senate and House of Representatives
Which branch gets to interpret the laws made by the Legislative Branch?
What is the Judicial Branch?
Powers granted to the state/local government
What does Bi-Cameral mean?
having two branches or chambers
What was the big problem with the Articles of Confederation?
Gave too much power to the states, not enough to the Federal Government
The president, cabinet, and Vice President make up this branch
What is the executive Branch
What is Article 1
Fund the Government, Impeach the President and Make laws are all powers of this branch
What is Legislative Branch?
Which branch can veto bills?
What is Executive Branch?
A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and state governments .
What is federalism?
This part of the Constitution assures that the documents is living and adapting with the times.
What is the Amendments?
Each branch holds some power over the other two
What is Checks and Balances?