Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
The legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives
What is the U.S. Congress?
The branch of government that enforces the laws made by the legislative branch.
What is the executive branch?
The branch of government that interprets the laws made by the legislative branch.
What is the judicial branch?
This group sought to add the Bill of Rights to protect individual rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The first sentence of the U.S. Constitution
What is "We The People of the United States...."
List two powers of Congress.
What are: enforce taxes, declare war, organize trading with other countries, create copyright laws, mint money
The president can check the power of Congress by doing this.
What is a veto of a bill?
What is the highest court of the United States?
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
What are the first ten amendments called?
What is The Bill of Rights?
The word in the preamble that means calm and peace.
What is tranquility?
Name the two houses of the legislative branch.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Name the next in line for the presidency if the president and vice-president are incapacitated.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The number of justices on the Supreme Court and the term they serve.
What is 9 and for life?
How many states were required to ratify the Constitution?
What is 9?
Referring to future generations.
What is posterity?
This must happen for a bill to become a law.
What is passed in both houses of Congress and is signed by the president?
List two powers of the president.
What is to be the commander-in-chief,
pardon criminals,
nominate Supreme Court justices, or
make treaties with other countries?
List the one main way in which the Judicial Branch can check the Legislative Branch.
What is to declare a law unconstitutional?
Which amendment guarantees the right to a fair trial?
What is the 6th Amendment?
This is the purpose of the Preamble.
What is to explain that the power of the government comes from the people?
Name the agreement made between big and small states on representation at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Great Compromise?
This official acts as the President of the Senate, but can only vote in the event of a tie.
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
Name cases go straight to the Supreme Court.
What are cases involving ambassadors, and cases that include an entire state?
Which amendment includes double jeopardy?
What is the 5th amendment?