Vocabulary
To formally approve something usually an amendment to the Constitution
What is to ratify?
Name the two houses of the U.S. Congress
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Who is the current President
Who is Donald Trump?
Main job of the Judicial Branch
What is interpret the laws?
The 3 levels of government
What is local, state, and national?
When the President refuses to approve a bill passed by Congress
What is a veto?
List the names of laws at different levels of government
Local: Ordinance
State: Statute
National: Bill
The main job of the Executive Branch
What is enforce laws?
The article of the U.S. Constitution that out describes the Judicial Branch
What is Article III?
What is the system of sharing power between a strong central government and strong state governments
The power the Supreme Court has to review laws and executive orders and determine if they are Constitutional or not
What is Judicial Review?
Identify the missing step in the bill becoming law process:
idea=>introduce to house or senate=>debated in committee=>vote=>???=> debate and vote again=> if passed send to president for approval=> if approved becomes law
What is send bill to other house?
The Article that describes the Executive Branch in the US Constitution
What is Article II?
When you don't agree with the outcome of your case you can...
Identify the level of government:
Responsible for running the school district
What is local government?
A term the describes a 2 house legislature
What is bicameral?
Fill in the blank:
___ of votes to propose (in congress or convention)
___ of votes to ratify (in state legislatures)
What is 2/3 and 3/4?
A group of advisors that help the President carry out important jobs and run federal agencies
What is the cabinet?
The obligation that citizens must fulfill if they are called upon by the courts
What is Jury Duty?
Identify the level of government:
Responsible for working with foreign governemnts
What is the national government?
Another way to say the right to vote
What is suffrage?
What are the 5 types of law in the United States
Civil, criminal, constitutional, military, and juvenile
The roles of the President (there should be 4)
What is head of state, head of government, commander in chief, and leader of their political party?
What are the federal and state court systems?
Identify the level of government:
Responsible for issuing professional and personal licenses to citizens
What is the state government?