The Legislative Branch
The Senate is the ___________ house of Congress.
Upper
Name one role of the president.
Multiple answers accepted
This article of the Constitution sets up the Judicial Branch.
What is Article 3
Name one check that Congress has on the Executive Branch.
Multiple answers accepted.
This president famously got stuck in his White House bathtub and had to be greased up with butter to get free.
Who is President Taft
Name one of Congress' expressed powers.
Multiple answers accepted
As stipulated by the 22nd amendment, one can serve a maximum of __________ years as president.
What is 10.
The idea that everyone has to follow the same laws and that the government cannot treat any group of people unfairly is refereed to as...
"equal protection under the law" or "the 14th amendment"
This branch has the power to remove Supreme Court justices.
What is the Legislative Branch.
This president was a skilled boxer in his youth, losing only 1 in 300 matches.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
This stops a bill fro being voted on in the Senate.
What is a filibuster.
Name one expressed power of the president.
Multiple answers accepted.
This power allows the courts to judge the constitutionality of laws and reinterpret them.
What is judicial review.
The president can appoint Supreme Court justices, what kind of check is this? (who checks who)
The Executive's check on the Judicial Branch.
Who was our smallest U.S. President, standing 5'4 tall and weighing under 100 lbs?
Who is James Madison.
This is the product of the Great Compromise.
What is the bicameral legislature.
When a bill arrives at the president's desk, he can do one of three things with it. Name his three options.
Sign (pass), veto, pocket veto.
This Supreme Court Case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison.
How can Congress check the president's power to move and command troops (Role as Commander in Cheif)?
War Powers Act 1973, remove after 60 days.
This U.S president was head cheerleader in high school.
Who is George W. Bush.
What is a committee, a negotiation committee, a committee of representatives from both houses.
Name the first 3 in the line of succession for presidency.
Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro-Tempore of the Senate
In this Supreme Court case, the court ruled that Congress had the power to create a National Bank because of the Necessary and Proper Clause
What is McCulloch v Maryland
Name both of the checks on the president's power to issue executive orders.
1. Congress can override with a law.
2. The Supreme Court can void it.
These two presidents died on the exact same day.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.