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The Beginning
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Amenedment
100
the introduction to the Constitution
What is the preamble?
100
The word that means two houses
What is bicameral
100
the person who takes over when the president dies or cannot do his job
What is the Vice President
100
the highest court in the United States
What is the Supreme Court
100
how many amendments are there?
27
200
the first three words of the Constitution
What is we the people
200
the plan for the legislative branch that wanted the number of representatives to be based on the population of the state
What is the Virginia Plan
200
the group of people who help the president and head executive departments
What is the cabinet
200
how many justices are on the supreme court?
What is 9
200
the first ten amendments
What is the Bill of Rights
300
The father of the Constitution
What is James Madison
300
the house that can pass tax laws
What is the House of Representatives
300
how old must the president be?
What is 35
300
what is it called when the supreme court decides if a law is unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review
300
the five freedoms in the first amendment
What is freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
400
The first government of the United States
What is Articles of Confederation
400
the total number of Congress people in EACH house
What is 100 in the Senate and 435 in the House
400
the title for the president as head of the military
What is commander-in-chief
400
who appoints the justices
Who is the president
400
the people who did not want to ratify the constitution without the Bill of Rights
What is anti-federalists
500
the year the Constitution was written
What is 1787
500
what a law is called before it becomes a law
What is a bill
500
which house can accuse the president of a crime (impeach)?
What is the House of Representatives
500
the first Latina on the Supreme Court
Who is Sonia Sotomayor
500
how do you amend the constitution
What is 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of the states