Checks & Balances
The term for a president saying "no" to a law.
What is a veto?
The United States government is separated into this many branches.
What is 3?
This amendment gives you your 5 basic freedoms: Speech, religion, press (news coverage), assembly (gathering in groups), and petition (complaining to the government).
What is the First Amendment?
The intention was to have these type of individuals from each state cast their votes for the president.
What is the most knowledgeable?
The three states of matter are these.
What is Solid, Liquid, and Gas.
BONUS: Name the new 4th state of matter
The term for charging a government official with a crime.
What is impeach or impeachment?
This branch has the President, Vice President, and The Cabinet.
What is the Executive Branch?
The Second Amendment gives you this right.
The right to bear arms (own weapons for defense).
The number of electors each state receives is equal to its 2 senators and the number these people.
Who are the US Representatives?
These giant pointy structures can be found in Egypt
What are Pyramids?
Bonus: Where are the Great Pyramids
The executive branch can do this to judges.
What is appoint them?
The branch interprets the law.
What is the Judicial?
This amendment prevents double jeopardy.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This amendment fixed a flaw in the electoral college in the 1800s
What is the 12th amendment?
This planet has vertical rings and is named after a Greek Titan. You also can't stand on it.
What is Uranus.
BONUS: What planet is not named after a Greek God, Goddess?
Judicial Review is the power to declare laws _____.
What is Unconstitutional?
This branch makes the laws.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is The Legislative Branch?
The seventh amendment says that civil cases (complaints, not crimes) over _______ are guaranteed the right to a jury trial.
What is $20?
These people get to choose the president if there ever is a tie in an election.
Who are the House of Representatives?
This man discovered gravity.
Who is Issac Newton?
BONUS: What happens in Zero Gravity?
This branch has the power to declare war.
What is the Legeslative?
This Article of the Constitution gives the Judicial Branch their powers.
What is Article 3?
This 8th amendment protects you from this.
What is cruel and unusual punishment?
Florida has this many electoral votes.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is 30?
This is how you say hello in Japanese
What is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)?