Branches of Goverment
The branch that holds the President.
What is Executive Branch
DOUBLE POINTS: The first 10 amendments
What is The Bill of Rights
How many years is a president's term
what is 4 years
How many amendments does the Constitution have today?
what is 27
Number of people in Senate
What is 100
The branch that holds the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch.
A change or addition to the Constitution/document
What is an amendment
the highest court in the United States?
DOUBLE POINTS: What does “rule of law” mean?
Everyone, even leaders, must obey the law
What is the Constitution (specifically preamble)
The branch that makes the Laws.
What is the Legislative Branch
Who has power over taxes? The national government, the state government or both its a shared power?
It is a shared power (will be on test!!!!!)
DOUBLE POINTS: How many branches of government are there?
what is 3 branches
What kind of government do we have — where people elect leaders to make laws for them
A republic (or representative democracy) (will be on the test!!!!)
DOUBLE POINTS: The first president of the United States
Who is George Washington
The branch that holds Congress.
What is the Legislative Branch
The government powers are restricted and citizens have rights.
What is limited government (will be on test!!!!)
the two parts of Congress
what is the House of Representatives and the Senate
Why has the Constitution lasted for more than 200 years?
It’s flexible and based on strong principles like limited government, separation of powers, and federalism (will be on the test!!!!!)
Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?
What is Philadelphia
DOUBLE POINTS: The number of people in the House of Repersentatives.
What is 435
When power is shared between the state and national government.
What is federalism (this will be on your test!!!!!)
the purpose of “checks and balances” between the branches of government
To make sure no branch becomes too powerful
To fix the weak government under the Articles of Confederation what was written
what is the Constitution (Will be on test!!!!)
The year the Constitution was written. (hint: in the 1700's)
What is 1787