Constitution & Structure
This is the opening statement of the Constitution that outlines its purposes and goals.
What is the Preamble?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
Congress is made up of these two houses.
What is the Senate & House of Representatives?
The president can negotiate these agreements with other countries, but they must be ratified by the Senate.
What are treaties?
How many years are there in the term for US Senator?
What is 6 years?
The Constitution divides government powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is the separation of powers?
Freedoms protected from government interference, like free speech, are called this.
What are civil liberties?
A federal judge is accused of corruption. Which part of Congress initiates formal charges, and which part holds the trial?
What is the House of Representatives impeaches, and the Senate tries the case?
The head of each federal department, like Defense or Education, is part of this group that advises the president.
What is the cabinet?
Who follows the Vice President in the line of succession to the Presidency?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This type of government divides powers between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
These rights guarantee equal treatment under the law, such as the right to vote and equal employment.
What are civil rights?
This body tries impeached officials and decides whether to remove them from office.
What is Senate?
What are the qualifications for the presidency?
What is 35 years of age, a natural-born citizen, and a resident of 14 years?
What is the role of a lobbyist?
What is to influence government policy?
Powers specifically granted to the national government are called this.
What are enumerated powers?
The landmark 1954 case that declared school segregation unconstitutional was this.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Congress has this power to override a presidential veto.
What is 2/3 majority vote?
What is the amendment that deals with presidential succession?
What is the 25th amendment?
Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution changed the way that U.S. Senators were elected?
What is the 17th Amendment?
What is the principle that calls the Constitution the law of the land?
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The constitutional amendment that guarantees equal protection under the law is this.
What is the 14th Amendment?
If a bill passes the House but fails in the Senate, this part of Congress could try to modify it to reach an agreement.
What is a conference committee?
Federal agencies like OSHA and the EPA are part of this.
What is federal bureaucracy?
Which term refers to a U.S. foreign policy tool in which the government imposes trade penalties, tariffs, import and export quotas, and trade barriers on other nations?
What are economic sanctions?