The Three Branches

Legislative Branch

100

Name an explicit power (granted in the Constitution) to Congress:

Tax, regulate interstate commerce, declare war, approve presidential nominees and treaties (Senate only)

200

The Senate is divided into these groups called ________ which allow for 1/3 of the Senate to be elected/re-elected every 6 years

Classes

300

This person organizes the Senate, is chosen by the Senate's majority party, and is much like the Speaker of the House but on the Senate side.

The Senate Majority Leader

400

Debating and passing legislation (bills) in both the House and Senate goes through these ________.

Committees/congressional committees

500

In order to overcome a filibuster in the U.S. Senate, this number of votes is needed, causing majority rule to not always be possible in the U.S. Senate:

60

Executive Branch

100

This is the age a person must be in order to be elected President

35 years

200

Name a President of the last 40 years who was also a Vice President before becoming President:

George H.W. Bush (Vice President under Reagan) and Joe Biden (Vice President under Biden)

300

This is the title of the President when tasked with dealing with foreign affairs and/or representing the U.S. on the world stage

Chief of State, Chief Diplomat, Leader of the Free World

400

Most Presidents of the last 40 years have held this role, which exist in each of the 50 states:

Governor.

George W. Bush (Governor of Texas), Bill Clinton (Governor of Arkansas), Ronald Reagan (Governor of California)

500

This power is part of the president's Chief Legislator power enabling the rejection of bills passed by Congress 

veto/ veto power

Judicial Branch

100

This Supreme Court Justice did not attend an 'Ivy League' university

Amy Coney Barrett

200

What is the Latin word for precedent, or letting a decision stand:

stare decisis

300

Which Supreme Court case gave the Judicial Branch the power of Judicial Review?

Marbury v. Madison

400

In order for a case to be heard at the Supreme Court, the parties involved must have this:

Jurisdiction

500

This level of the Judiciary is between the District Courts and the Supreme Courts; many Supreme Court Justices started off as judges at this level

Circuit Courts of Appeal

Odds N Ends

100

This is the number of votes needed in the U.S. Senate for a Supreme Court Justice to be confirmed:

51 or a majority of the voting members (51% of the number of Senators in the Senate at the time)

200

This current Supreme Court justice was never a judge before being appointed to the Supreme Court in 2010:

Elena Kagan

300

This is the number of U.S. Senators in each state:

2 

400

This Supreme Court Justice made history in 2022 as the first Black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court:

Ketanji Brown Jackson

500

The number of members in the House of Representatives from a given state depends on that state's _________.

Population

Roles within the Branches

100

This person is first in line to become President, but is also a tie-breaking vote if the Senate is ever in a 50/50 vote:

Vice President (currently Kamala Harris)

200

This is the organizational leader of the House of Representatives, picked among members of the majority party, is also a title granted by the Constitution

Speaker of the House of Representatives

300

This is the organizational leader of the Supreme Court, although this person has as much voting power as the other 8 Justices

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

400

This title, held in both the House and Senate, and among both majority and minority parties helps collect votes for their side:

Whips

500

This group of individuals, chosen by the President work for as long as the President wishes, runs various government departments and agencies

The Cabinet