The Bill of Rights are also known as the first 10 ____________________.
What is Amendments?
100
This system prevents any one branch from having too much power.
What is checks and balances?
100
The three levels of government are _______________
What is federal, state, and local government?
100
A judge would work in the _____________ branch.
What is the judicial branch?
200
This branch is divided into two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the legislative branch
200
This Amendment gives is the freedom of speech, religion, and the press.
What is the 1st Amendment?
200
This branch/ person can veto laws passed by Congress.
What is the President?
200
This type of government has the power to print money.
What is the federal government?
200
This amendment that states that people accused of a crime have the right to a fair trial.
What is the 5th Amendment?
300
This branch includes a Chief Justice and is headed by the Supreme Court.
What is the judicial branch?
300
This amendment makes sure that people do not have to allow soldiers to live in their homes.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
300
This branch can rule that laws made by Congress or actions taken by the President are unconstitutional.
What is the courts?
300
This type of government has the power to provide police and fire protection.
What is the local government?
300
Name a cause of the American Revolution.
What is Stamp Act, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, no representation in Parliament, and taxation.
400
Name one power that the Legislative branch has.
What is raise money, declare war, and make laws?
400
The 4th Amendment states that __________.
What is police cannot search people or their homes without a good reason?
400
A power that the Congress has that the President and the Courts do not have is _____________
What is refuse to approve treaties made by the President?
400
The state government has the power to set up local governments, collect income and sales taxes, issue licenses, and _____________.
What is run elections?
400
First the Congress passes a bill. Next the President vetoes the bill. Then the Congress overrides the veto. Finally the bill _______________
What is becomes a law?
500
Name two power that the Judicial branch is able to do.
What is decide what laws mean and if they follow the Constitution/ resolve conflicts about whether or not the laws have been followed?
500
The Bill of Rights and the Father of the Constitution are written by ____________.
What is James Madison?
500
Executive branch is to White House as Legislative branch is to ______________
What is the Capitol?
500
The federal and state governments both make and enforce laws, set up courts, and __________.
What is collect taxes?
500
It was important for the Constitutional Convention to succeed because its delegates ____________.
First Tennessee governor, U.S. Congressman, and officer in the army.
What is worked together to solve problems?
What is John Sevier?