Branches of Government
What is 3?
He was the first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
Federal judges are appointed to their positions by this person.
This is the number of chambers in Congress.
What is two?
This constitutional amendment protects the basic freedoms of every American.
What is the First Amendment?
Led by the present White House occupant, this branch of government is responsible for executing the law.
What is the Executive branch?
Only people born in what country are eligible to become president?
What is the United States of America?
The Supreme Court interprets this important US document to determine whether a particular law can be upheld.
What is the Constitution?
What is the Senate?
The Second Amendment protects this hotly debated right.
What is the right to bear arms?
This branch is home to judges who interpret the laws.
What is the Judicial branch?
This is how many years a president may be in office
What is four?
Federal judges serve appointments for this length of time.
What is life(time)?
The size of this chamber of Congress has grown considerably over the years.
What is the House of Representatives?
This amendment should prevent police from searching you without probable cause.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This branch debates and writes new laws for the country.
What is the Legislative branch?
What is the vice-president?
After being appointed, potential federal judges must face questioning from this branch of government?
What is the Legislative branch?
This is the reason why one chamber of Congress has 435 members.
What is the number of representatives from each state is proportional to that state's population?
As long as you're not in prison, this amendment protects you from being enslaved.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
Define/describe "Checks and Balances" and "Separation of Powers".
Checks and Balances: each branch exercises certain powers that can be checked by the powers given to the other two branches
Separation of Powers: different bodies of government exercised legislative, executive and judicial power, with all these bodies subject to the rule of law
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
There are currently this many justices on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
Senators are elected to serve this many years in office.
What is six?
This was made legal once again when the Eighteenth Amendment was repealed.
What is alcohol?