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Const./federalism
House
Senate
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
100
Type of government in which 1 person rules
What is dictatorship?
100
How many members are there in the House of Representatives?
What is 435 members?
100
How many members are in the Senate?
What is 100 members?
100
How long is the term for the president?
What is 4 years?
100
Person who brings a case to court
What is plaintiff?
200
Basic Constitutional Rights of people are laid out in what?
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
How long is the term for members of the House of Representatives?
What is 2 years?
200
How long is the term for a Senator?
What is 6 years?
200
What is the number of votes needed to win the electoral college?
What is 270
200
trying a person for the same crime more than once is called?
What is double jeopardy?
300
Division of power between a central government and regional or state governments
What is federalism?
300
When a House district is drawn to give an advantage to one political party, it is called...
What is gerrymandering?
300
Because a majority of senators are always experienced, the Senate is said to be...
What is continuous body?
300
When the president refuses to sign a bill
What is veto?
300
Who has the power to create inferior courts?
What is Congress?
400
the 1st national government of the US
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
The Most Powerful leader in Congress?
What is Speaker of the House?
400
Preventing action on a bill or "kill the bill"
What is a filibuster?
400
If no presidential candidate wins a majority of the electoral votes, the President is chosen by?
What is the House of Representatives?
400
Which court has the final power of judicial review?
What is the Supreme court?
500
In a democracy, supreme authority belongs to the ?
What is the people?
500
To officially charge an official with wrongdoing is?
What is impeachment?
500
Who presides over the Senate (President of the Senate)?
What is the Vice President?
500
When people vote for President they are really voting for their State's...?
What is electors?
500
What is the only crime defined in the Constitution?
What is Treason