Congress
This person is the Leader of the House of Representatives. (Name and Title Required)
Who is the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson?
This is when a government official is accused of wrongdoing
What is impeachment?
This Principle states that the Power of the Government comes from the People
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This person was the Leader of the Con Con
Who is George Washington?
This person is the leader of the Senate. (Name and Title Required)
Who is Vice President J.D. Vance?
This is the part of the government that has the power to impeach.
What is the House of Representatives?
The States have some powers, the Federal Government has some powers, and they share some powers
What is Federalism?
The oldest delegate at the Con Con
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This person is the temporary leader of the Senate when the V.P. is not there. (Name and Title Required)
Who is President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley?
This House of Congress conducts the Impeachment Trial
What is the Senate?
A Senator represents their constituents in congress by voting on bills
What is Republicanism?
This person is considered the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This allows Congress to expand their power when needed and make any laws necessary and proper
What is the Elastic Clause?
This Principle of the Constitution is demonstrated in the Impeachment process
What is Checks and Balances?
These are protected by the Constitution so that every person has them
What are Individual Rights?
The city where the Con Con met
What is Philadelphia?
When someone is arrested this protects their right to know why they were arrested
What is Habeas Corpus?
This is the amount of votes needed in the House in order to officially impeach someone.
What is one over half or Simple Majority?
The Legislative Branch make the laws, the Executive Branch enforces the laws, and Judicial Branch interprets the laws
What is Separation of Powers?
The compromise that dealt with how the enslaved people would be counted towards a states population
What is the 3/5 compromise?
This says a person cannot be arrested for an act before it is made illegal
What is ex post facto?
A two thirds vote of approval is needed to do this in the impeachment process
What is remove a government official from office?
The principle that states no one is above the law and certain parts of our government are prohibited from doing certain acts
What is Limited Government?
This plan created our current Congress.
Each state has 2 senators and the House of Representatives is based on Population
What is the Great Compromise?
The Requirements for someone to be a member of both Houses of Congress (You need to list them all)
What is Live in the State they represent, 7 years a citizen, and 25 years old for the House of Representatives?
What is Live in the State they represent, 9 years a citizen, and 30 years old for the Senate?
This person presides over Impeach Trials of the President
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
This is one of the Checks and Balances that Congress has over the President
What is an Override or an impeachment?
These are the TWO documents that were also signed/made in Independence Hall (besides the Constitution)
What are the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation?