We The People
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing individual freedoms.
Bill of Rights
The total number of Representatives and Senators is this.
What is 535?
435 - House
100 - Senate
The 22nd Amendment states that no person shall serve more than ____ terms.
What is 2?
The Supreme Court has __ Justices.
9
The Watergate scandal has forever marred this President's legacy.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This is the highest court in the land.
Supreme Court
The term length for a member of the House of Representatives.
What is 2 Years?
The term length for the President of the United States.
What is 4 years?
Federal judges are appointed by _____.
President
This President believed that a house divided, could not stand.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives
What is Democracy?
This is a power and check that keeps the other branches on their toes.
What is Impeachment?
The Double Expectation Gap refers to what dilemmas.
Head of State v. Head of Government
Promises Made v. Constitutional Power
The American legal system is based on this tradition of values.
What is Common Law Tradition.
This president signed the first ever nuclear arms treaty.
Who is JFK?
What document begins with "We the People"?
The Constitution
The Legislative Branch does not enforce this, but there really should be a restriction.
What is a term limit?
The order of succession is the: Vice President, _____, Presdient Pro Tempore, Cabinet Members.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The primary function of the Judicial branch is to _______ the law.
interpret
The establishment of National Parks and food and drug safety comes from this President.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Constitutional principle that divides the government into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
Separation of Powers
This is where most bills die.
What is Committee level?
This group advises the President and helps execute federal laws.
Presidential Cabinet
This is the power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of legislative and executive acts.
What is judicial review?
This President changed the role of the President forever.
Who is FDR?