The Branches of Government
The three branches of Government are
What is the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branch?
The system of checks and balances in the United States was to protect the US from
What is one branch that is too powerful?
The Constitution has how many amendments
What are 10 Amendments?
Federalism is the shared powers between __________ and the ____________.
What is States and federal government?
The main job of the legislative branch is to
What is make laws?
This presidential power allows the executive branch to reject a bill passed by Congress
What is a veto?
There have been this many proposed amendments to the United States Constitution
What is 11,000?
The freedoms guaranteed in the first amendment are
What is freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly?
These papers were created in favor of wanting a strong federal government
What are the Federalist Papers?
The President of the United States is in charge of the United States military, and their title is
What is commander-in-chief?
This power can be used to overrule a Presidential veto
What is an override?
What are the percentages(fractions) of Congress and States that need to pass an Amendment to the Constitution
What is 2/3 Congress and 3/4 States?
The Bill of Rights protects citizens under ______________________ through limiting government interference
What is equal protection?
One of the main concurrent powers is the ability to set ___________ at the state and federal level.
What is taxes?
There are this many House of Representative Members in the United States Congress
Congress uses its "power of the purse" to check the President by controlling this
What is the budget?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Which landmark case discusses the importance of the 5th Amendment
A reserved power that especially affects adolescents is
What is education?
This person oversees the other eight Supreme Court justices. His name is
Who is John Robert's Jr.?
An official accused of wrongdoing by the House of Representatives is impeached, and the subsequent trial is held in this body
What is the Congress?
This Amendment explains that you do not need to quarter soldiers in your house at times of war
What is the 3rd Amendment?
This person felt the Bill of Rights were necessary in the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
The Magna Carta was created during this year
What is 1215?