Terms and Definitions
A written plan for government
What is the Constitution?
What are the Branches of Government?
What is the Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch?
What is the Legislative Branch?
The introduction to the Constitution
What is the Preamble?
How many states are in the USA?
What are 50 states?
An addition or change to the U.S. Constitution
What is Amendment?
Which branch is the President and the President's Cabinet members a part of?
What is the Executive Branch?
This branch enforces laws, or makes sure laws are followed.
What is Executive Branch?
Where was the Constitution written?
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. OR The Constitutional Convention
Where is our Nation's capital located?
What is Washington D.C.?
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution that guarantees the basic rights of all U.S. citizens.
What are the Bill of Rights?
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
What is 9 Supreme Court Justices?
This branch settles legal disputes and hears civil cases
What is the Judicial Branch?
How many Amendments are there in the U.S. Constitution?
What is 27 Amendments?
What is 2 Senators?
A President's refusal to sign a law.
What is Veto?
The Congress is made up of what?
What is the Senate and The House of Representatives?
This branch can make treaties with other countries?
The Constitution was created to create a ____________ government, as opposed to the weak government (Articles of Confederation)
What is a STRONGER government?
How many representatives are there in the House of Representatives?
What is 435 representatives?
The Government plan that had a weak central government and most of the power went to the states.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
What determines the number of representatives in the House of Representatives?
What is a state's population?
Which branch has the ability to declare a war?
What is the Legislative Branch?
The Constitution is a federal system of government. This means that power is divided between the __________ government, and the ____________ government.
What is STATE/ NATIONAL government?
Which Amendment protects the freedom of speech, religion and the press, and also protects the right to peaceful protest and to petition the government?
What is the First Amendment?