Legislative Branch
Who is in the Legislative Branch? (Name both houses to get points)
The House of Representatives and the Senate
Who is in the Executive Branch? (name 4 people/groups of people)
President, Vice President, Cabinet, and Executive Departments
Who is in the Judicial Branch?
Supreme Court, Appellate Courts, and Trial Courts
This is a change to the Constitution
Amendment
What was the name for the framework of government that existed before the Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation
What determines the number of representatives each state has in the US House of Representatives?
It is based on population, with larger states having more and smaller states having fewer
What is the job of the Executive Branch?
Executes (or carries out) the Laws
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
Interprets the Laws
What is the Bill of Rights and what is its purpose?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution. Spells out Americans' rights in relation to the federal government.
To win a presidential election, you need 270 of these.
Electoral Votes
If Wyoming (population: 587,000) has 2 senators, then how many senators does California (population: 39,430,000) have?
2
What is it called when the president rejects a bill?
Veto
What are the three levels of the court system (from highest to lowest)?
Supreme Court, Appellate Courts, Trial Courts
Is the Bill of Rights a complete list of rights? If not, how do you know?
No. The 9th Amendment.
This farmers' revolt caused many people to realize the government had too little power under the Articles of Confederation
Shays' Rebellion
What is a bill?
A proposal for a new law. It has not been passed yet (and may never be).
These are direct orders by the president directing how laws should be carried out.
What is necessary for a court case to reach the Supreme Court?
There has to be a question about what whether the law is constitutional or not
The Great Compromise (otherwise known as the Connecticut plan) determined how states would be represented in Congress. What did it decide?
There will be two houses. One with equal representation and one with proportional representation
Congress does all of the following except which one?
Propose bills, debate bills, vote on bills, or sign bills into law.
Sign bills into law
Which of the following is NOT a power/duty of the president?
Determine if laws are constitutional, sign bills into law, veto potential laws, serve as commander-in-chief of the US Armed Forces, meet with foreign heads of state
Determine if laws are constitutional
Appointed by the president and approved by the Senate
What is the purpose of the Constitution?
To serve as the framework/supreme law of the United States.
How did the Constitutional Convention decide that enslaved people would be counted for purposes of representation in Congress?