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Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Types of Governments and Economies
Significant Documents
100
This clause allows Congress to do more than is actually written in the Constitution.
What is the necessary and proper, or 'elastic' clause? (YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS!)
100
This allows a president to cancel a proposed bill... or does it?
What is a veto?
100
The three types of federal courts.
What are District, Appeals and Supreme Courts?
100
Set up to protect the community and enforce community rules
What is Government? No seriously what is it?
100
No one is above the law, not even our President or the judges. (Though they kind of are.)
What is Rule of Law?
200
This group forms when the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill.
What is the Conference Committee?
200
This department manages the money.
What is the department of the treasury?
200
All trials and lawsuits (people getting sued!) begin in which court?
What are District Courts?
200
a system of government where supreme power is in the hand of one person or a small group is considered a
What is a Dictatorship?
200
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
What "was" the Mayflower Compact?
300
The Ones responsible for assess the level of support for a bill and reporting back to party leaders.
What are Whips?
300
In this role, the president carries out the laws passed by Congress.
What is chief executive?
300
Person(s) who appoints the Supreme Court Justices
What is The President?
300
In this form of government, the nation is ruled by a small group of people.
What is an Oligarchy?
300
First 10 Amendments
What is the Bill of rights?
400
This change to the Constitution provided for the direct election of Senators by the people. (You Probably Don't Know this... Heh Heh Ha!)
What is the 17th Amendment? (Had to do some research for that one. Wanted one no one else would probably have)
400
There are 16 official positions in this group that advises the President.
What is the cabinet?
400
Which Supreme Court case established judicial review?
Marbury X Madison (I prefer "X" over "V." or "VS") (Remember from Last year)
400
The Type of Economy we currently live in.
What is a Mixed Economy?
400
The document that served as the US' first constitution
What "was" the Articles of Confederations?
500
It is during this part of the 'bill to a law' process that public hearings on a bill are most likely to occur.
What is subcommittee?
500
This is a formal rule or regulation of the president. (It allows him to do things without Congress.)
What is an Executive Order?
500
The power of the Supreme Court to hear every federal, state and local law to determine if it is constitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
500
A form of government where power is retained into a single person. The power is normally passed down through the family's generations.
What is a Monarchy?
500
Created the government of the United States on September 17, 1787.
What is the Constitution?