The Legislative Branch
The number of voting members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
The term of office for a U.S. President.
What is 4 years.
The main role of the judicial branch.
What is to interpret the law.
According to the preamble, this group "ordains and establishes" the Constitution.
Who are "we the people."
This amendment guarantees the right to assemble peacefully and the right of the media to criticize the government.
What is the 1st Amendment.
The term of office for a U.S. Senator.
What is 6 years.
The title given to the President as the head of the military.
What is the Commander in Chief?
The term of office for a federal judge.
What is life during good behavior.
One of the biggest flaws of this document was the lack of unity and a weak central government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The 6th Amendment's guarantee of a speedy and public trial protects the rights of this group.
What are the rights of accused criminals.
This house of Congress has the sole power of impeachment, which is the power to make the accusation.
What is the House of Representatives.
A candidate must receive 270 or more of these votes to become president.
What are Electoral College votes.
The power of the Supreme Court to rule on whether a law is constitutional.
What is judicial review.
This constitutional principle was designed to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances.
The power of eminent domain, allowing the government to buy private land for public use, is part of this amendment.
What is the Fifth Amendment.
This compromise settled Congressional representation by creating two houses: one based on population and one with equal representation.
What is the Great Connecticut Compromise.
An example of how the President can "check" the legislative branch.
What is the veto of a law.
An example of how the judicial branch can "check" the legislative branch.
What is judicial review/ruling a law unconstitutional.
This principle means that the federal government and state governments have separate powers, but they also share some powers.
What is federalism.
This 1897 Supreme Court case set the precedent for segregation (though the test doesn't specify, this is the "separate but equal" case).
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
This clause allows Congress to make any laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its powers, allowing the country to grow and change.
What is the Necessary and Proper/Elastic Clause.
When you vote in a presidential election, you are technically casting a ballot for this person.
What is an elector in the Electoral College.
This person presides over the impeachment trial of the President.
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
What document the "Supreme Law of the Land?"
What is the Constitution.
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public schools is illegal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education.