FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
WHAT IS EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL?
THESE TWO HIGH-RANKING JOB TITLES ARE FOUND WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH:
WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT?
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ARE MADE OF THESE TWO BODIES:
WHAT IS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE?
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH WAS CREATED BY THIS PORTION OF THE CONSTITUTION:
WHAT IS ARTICLE III?
THE MOST INFAMOUS CASE IN THE 70'S WHERE A PRESIDENT RESIGNED FROM OFFICE DUE TO TAMPERING WITH ELECTION PROCEEDINGS:
WHAT IS NIXON AND WATERGATE?
POWERS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE VESTED IN THESE THREE ENTITIES:
WHAT IS THE U.S. CONSITUTION, CONGRESS, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
THE TWO MAIN JOBS OF THE PRESIDENCY IS TO:
WHAT IS IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING LAWS ISSUED BY CONGRESS?
THE CONSTITUTION GRANTS CONGRESS THESE THREE SPECIFIC DUTIES:
WHAT IS RIGHT TO DECLARE WAR, RIGHT TO CONFIRM OR REJECT MANY PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS, AND SUBSTANTIAL INVESTIGATIVE POWERS?
COURTS FOLLOW A CERTAIN ORDER, SHOULD A PERSON(S) WISH TO BRING A LEGAL ACTION. WHAT IS THE ORDER:
WHAT IS DISTRICT COURT, THEN APPELLATE COURT, THEN MAYBE SUPREME COURT (SHOULD THE SUPREME COURT HEAR YOUR CASE)?
THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT:
WHO IS SHIRLEY CHISOLM?
WHAT IS 1776?
THE ROLE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT SHOULD THE PRESIDENT BE UNABLE TO EXCUTE HIS/HER DUTIES:
WHAT IS THE TITLE OF PRESIDENT/WHAT IS BECOMING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
THE REQUIREMENTS OF A PERSON SEEKING A LEGISLATIVE ROLE AS MEMBER OF THE HOUSE:
WHAT IS ELECTED EVERY TWO YEARS, AT LEAST 25 YEARS OLD, U.S. CITIZEN FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, AND A RESIDENT OF THE STATE IN WHICH THEY REPRESENT?
THE NUMBER SET BY CONGRESS, OF SITTING SUPREME COURT JUSTICES:
WHAT IS THERE IS NO SPECIFIC NUMBER SET BY CONGRESS...ALTHOUGH SINCE 1869 THERE HAVE BEEN NINE JUSTICES AND ONE CHIEF JUSTICE?
JASMINE CROCKET REPRESENTS THIS STATE:
WHAT IS TEXAS?
THIS AMENDMENT STATES THAT UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ALL POWERS NOT GRANTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE RESERVED FOR THE STATES AND THE PEOPLE:
WHAT IS THE TENTH AMENDMENT?
SOME EXAMPLES (THREE) OF FEDERAL AGENCIES FOUND IN THE EXECUTIVE CABINET:
WHAT IS SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION? OTHERS CAN BE NAMED AS WELL.
WHAT IS 100?
IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SUPREME COURT HEAR AN APPEAL, LEGAL PARTIES TO THE CASE MUST PETITION FOR THIS:
WHAT IS A WRIT OF CERTIORARI?
THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO HAVE SERVED (THUS FAR) FOR MORE THAN TWO TERMS:
WHO IS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT?
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION UPHOLDS THAT ALL STATES RUN THIS TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:
WHAT IS A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT?
PER THE MANDATORY READING, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE:
WHAT IS 4 MILLION?
IF THE PRESIDENT VETOES A BILL, THIS MOVE BY THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, ALLOWS FOR THE BILL TO STILL PASS:
WHAT IS OVERRIDE THE VETO BY PASSING THE BILL AGAIN IN CHAMBER WITH AT LEAST 2/3RDS OF EACH BODY VOTING IN FAVOR?
THE TWO TYPES OF PROCEDURAL LAW HOUSE IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH ARE:
WHAT IS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND WHAT IS CIVIL PROCEDURE?
THIS THE BODY THAT ACTUALLY DECIDES THE PRESIDENT, UNLESS CONGRESS IS NEEDED FOR A TIE:
WHAT IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE?