Government Basics
The document that initiated our separation from the English Crown in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The official title of a judge of the Supreme Court.
Who is a Justice?
The official name of the lower house.
What is the House of Representatives?
The length of time that a president is elected to serve.
What is four years?
The document that was first adopted to govern the United States of America, after they won independence from Great Britain.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The United States government is divided into three __________, to keep power blanced.
What is branches?
The highest court in the land.
What is the Supreme Court?
Senators are elected to serve for this amount of time.
What is six year terms?
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
The number of senate seats given to each state in the constitution.
What is two senate seats?
The document that begins with the phrase, "We the People."
What is the United States Constitution?
The number of judges on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
What is Bicameral?
The leadership team from all the government departments that serve as advisors to the President.
What is the Cabinet?
The first ten amendments, added to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The most fundamental right that is guaranteed in the United States Constitution.
What is free speech?
Federal Judges serve for this amount of time.
What is life-long appointments?
The legislature's primary job.
What is passing new laws?
A president rejecting a bill that has been passed by congress.
What is a Veto?
The primary author/brains behind the writing of the constitution.
Who was James Madison?
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson.
The main job of the Supreme Court
What is interpreting the Constitution?
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What is ensuring that the laws are just?
Using long speeches and other tactics to stall a bill from being discussed and voted on.
What is a filibuster?
The system used to elect the president through state-based votes.
What is the Electoral College?
The largest political issue in our nations history, that the constitution largely ignores.
What is slavery?