Lawmakers' Lingo
Together, the House and Senate form this, the other name of our legislative branch.
What is Congress?
This acronym is often used to refer to the government position many of the Founders were most worried about creating.
What is POTUS?
The power to start a war with another nation.
What is the legislative branch or Congress?
This is the president's one and only way to check the power of Congress, the legislative branch.
What is a veto?
This article of the Constitution explains how the executive branch led by a President is set up.
What is Article II?
This chamber was created to give all 50 states an equal voice in the legislative process.
What is the Senate?
Everyone in this group of executive department heads and other advisors is hand-picked by the president.
What is the Cabinet?
The power to interpret a law and make a final decision with no option for an appeal.
Who are the Supreme Court/Supreme Court justices?
The president makes many choices and appointments for department heads and federal judges, but this branch checks and balances the power of the president by confirming or denying those choices.
What is the legislative branch?
This article of the Constitution states that the Constitution itself is supreme law of the land - no state or federal laws can contradict it.
What is Article VI?
In this chamber, the state of Massachusetts has 9 elected representatives.
What is the House of Representatives?
Presidents can only serve two terms, each term being this many years.
What is four years?
The power to approve or deny president's treaties with other nations.
Who is Congress or the legislative branch?
What is a pardon?
This article of the Constitution shows us that our government plan was meant to evolve and gain additions over time.
What is Article V?
This clause in Article I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to do pretty much anything they need to do to make decisions for our nation.
What is the necessary and proper clause?
What is 35?
The power to block executive orders and review them to determine if they are legal and constitutional.
What is the judicial branch or federal courts?
This amount is required in both chambers of Congress to override a presidential veto.
This article of the Constitution is no longer needed - it served its purpose way back in the 1780s.
What is Article VII?
This location of our legislative branch was named after one of the seven landforms that the city of Rome was built on over 2,000 years ago.
What is Capitol Hill?
(Will also accept Capitol Building)
This system was created as a compromise by the Founders to settle their disagreements about how to elect a president.
What is the Electoral College?
The power to create and regulate the United States Postal Service.
What is Congress or the legislative branch?
Only this branch can limit not only the power of the other two branches, but can strike down state actions as well if brought to their attention.
What is the judicial branch?
This article uses the least amount of text to explain and set up one of our three branches.
What is Article III?