This official stays in office for 4 years when elected and can only serve 2 terms (8 years) in his/her lifetime. He/She is the head of the Executive Branch.
What is a U.S. President
100
These officials must be at least 25 to be elected by popular vote to represent their state and how many of them are elected is based on state population.
What are U.S. Representatives
100
This is the power that the Judicial Branch has to make sure the way the Executive Branch is executing laws is constitutional, and to make sure the laws that the Legislative Branch is writing are constitutional.
What is Judicial Review
100
In 1607, this English colony was established in Virginia and succeeded because of their "you keep what you work for" idea.
What is Jamestown
100
This official serves as a tiny "president" over a city.
What is a Mayor
200
This official is the head of the U.S. Senate and is second-in-command of the executive branch.
What is a U.S. vice president.
200
These officials must be at least 30 when they are elected by popular vote to represent their state and there are always two of them.
What are U.S. Senators
200
This Court is the highest court in the United States
What is U.S. Supreme Court
200
This war took place before the Revolutionary War and was primarily between the English and the French. It is important because this war prepared young men --- including George Washington --- to fight in the Revolutionary War
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This official serves as "president" over a state.
What is a Governor
300
These men and women are hired by the state and our local government to serve as enforcers of state and local law. They have the duty to maintain law and order.
What are the police
300
When THIS BODY is in session, it means both the House of Representatives and the Senate are meeting.
What is Congress
300
This court is the lowest court at the state level.
What is a District/Trial Court
300
This battle was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
300
This kind of county rule is when counties have the power to make decisions for themselves about what services to provide, even though state laws have more power than county laws.
What is Home Rule
400
When Congress presents a potential law before the President in order that he/she may agree with it and sign the bill into law, or disagree with the bill and _______ it.
What is veto
400
When the legislative branch begin the process of writing laws, they begin with documents called this
What is a bill
400
This court is a step up from a trial (district) court and the goal of this court is to review the process of a trial court to see if a mistake was made
What is a court of appeals
400
This battle was significant during the Revolutionary War because it was George Washington's first major victory.
What is the Battle of Trenton
400
This kind of county rule works by the state giving the county power to carry out duties and provide services, so that the county has to get authority from the state legislature before it can provide services.
What is Dillon's Rule
500
The Constitution grants this official the power to appoint Justices of the Supreme Court and U.S. Ambassadors.
What is the president
500
In addition to Congress starting out with an idea for a bill, or the president, or a governor suggesting legislation, there is another way to create bills.
What are Interest Groups (---Remember the cheese crackers you were bribed with).
500
This court is the highest court in a state
What is a state supreme court
500
George Washington led the American Colonists to victory against British leader Charles Cornwallis in this battle, which was the final major battle in the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown
500
A political unit that is smaller than the whole United States, and is bigger than a county, and has the authority to govern itself.