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Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Checks and Balances
Only Mrs. Rivas Knows
100

What is the main responsibility of the Legislative Branch?

Make laws and pass legislation

100

What is the highest court in the land?

Supreme Court 

100

What is the Executive Branch's main role?

Enforce laws

100

The president can do this to laws passed by Congress.

What is a veto? 

100

This U.S. president installed a bowling alley in the White House—twice.

Richard Nixon

200

What two groups make up the Legislative Branch and how many are there within Congress?

Part 1: House of Representatives and Senate 

Part 2: 535


200

Define Judicial Review. 

Supreme Court's ability to review lower court decisions, executive orders, and laws and override their decisions. 

200

List ONE Department within in the President's Cabinet. 

  • Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense (DOD)
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  • Department of Interior (DOI)
  • Department of Justice (DOJ)
  • Department of Labor (DOL)
  • Department of State (DOS)
  • Department of Transportation (DOT)
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
200

Congress can do this to remove federal judges.

What is impeachment?

200

This president was the first to ride in an automobile to his inauguration—and it broke down.

William McKinley 

300

List two powers of the Legislative Branch. 

Coin money, declare war, establish post offices, establish roads, power of the purse, etc

300

List TWO Supreme Court justices that were the first in a category. 

Sonia Sotomayor- First Hispanic 

Sandra Day O'Connor- First Woman 

Thurgood Marshall- First African American Man 

Ketanji Brown Jackson- First African American woman 

300

List TWO enumerated powers of the President. 

serving as Commander-in-Chief

granting reprieves and pardons

making treaties (with Senate consent)

appointing ambassadors, federal judges, and officers

vetoing legislation,

300

The Supreme Court can do this to laws.

What is declare them unconstitutional?

300

This president had a pet alligator in the White House.

John Quincy Adams- given to him by Marquis de Lafayette and was rumored to live in the East Wing bathtub

400

How does the Legislative Branch check and balance the rest of the branches? Give one example. 

Override a presidential veto with 2/3 majority in both houses

Control them with power of the purse 

Confirm cabinet positions/Supreme Court justices 

Impeach President/Supreme Court justices

400

What Supreme Court case established Judicial Review?

Marbury v Madison

400

List TWO roles of the President (besides Commander in Chief). 

  • Chief of State
  • Chief Executive
  • Chief Administrator
  • Chief Diplomat
  • Chief Legislator
  • Chief of Party
  • Chief Citizen
400

Congress approves these for the president.

Appointments

400

This president gave the longest inaugural address in history—and died of pneumonia shortly after.

William Henry Harrison- spoke for over two hours in the cold/rain and died 32 days in due to pneumonia 

500

How does impeachment work in Congress?

House brings up charges, Senate is in charge of trial and impeachment 

500

List THREE Supreme Court cases. 

Varying answers- Mrs Rivas will check

500

List FIVE presidents. 

Answers vary- Mrs. Rivas will check
500

The president appoints these, but Senate must approve. List two. 

Supreme Court Justices and Cabinet positions
500

This president was a professional wrestler and is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Abraham Lincoln