Foundational Documents
This document is often referred to as America's Breakup Letter/Text to England
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The meaning of the term "Checks and Balances" in civics class.
What is the ability of each branch to prevent the other branches from having too much power?
The Legislative Branch makes these.
What are laws?
The President is in this branch.
What is the Executive?
This is protected by the first amendment.
What is Freedom of expression?
This document outlines how the US Government is to function and describes the branches of the US Government.
What is The US Constitution?
This term is used to describe the President's power to reject a law.
What is a Veto?
The Executive Branch is charged with this primary duty.
What is enforcing laws?
The Speaker of the House and Senate Majority leader, are the leaders of this branch.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The meaning of Federal.
What is pertaining to the US Government or national government?
What is that all people share certain rights?
Congress retains this power over the Executive and Judicial Branch.
What is Impeachment and Removal?
The Judicial Branch's highest level is called this.
What is the Supreme Court?
The Judicial Branch
A citizen can write this type of government asking the government to make a change.
What is a petition?
The Meaning of the phrase "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
What is that governments exist to protect our rights, and that they get their power from the people?
The Judicial Branch can declare any actions of the Legislative and Executive branches this.
What is unconstitutional?
Any person appointed(picked) by the president has to go through this process.
What is senate approval?(Congressional Approval)
The secretary of education is member of this branch.
This amendment Guaranteed women the right to vote in the US.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The meaning of the phrase "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
What is that the people may change or destroy the government of the US if it does not secure their rights?
This is the name of the process of judges examining laws and potentially striking them down.
What is Judicial Review?
This Branch of government has "power of the purse" (control of money), and the authority to declare war.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The mayor of a city represents this branch at a local level.
What is the Executive Branch?
For a bill to become a law, it must pass both houses of congress with this.
What is a majority?