Legislative Branch
The MAIN purpose of the Legislative Branch
The MAIN purpose of the Executive Branch
What is to enforce laws?
The MAIN purpose of the Judicial Branch
What is to interpret laws?
This process allows the people to vote for a government official
What is an election?
The main purpose of the US Constitution
What is a basic framework for the government?
Congress is made up of these two bodies
What is the Senate and House of Representatives?
This role allows the President to send troops to foreign countries
What is Commander-in-Chief?
The number of Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
What is the Electoral College?
These are changes made to the Constitution
What are amendments?
This allows Congress to stretch its powers to create laws for the needs of the people
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause? (Elastic)
This role allows the president to try and convince congress to pass or throw away bills
What is Chief Legislator?
The name for the Judicial Branch's checks and balances
What is Judicial Review?
Candidate A wins 90% of Missouri and candidate B wins 10%. If Missouri is worth 10 votes, candidate A won this many votes-
What is 10 out of 10?
The United States is an example of
What is a Republic? (Representative Democracy)
Number of representative districts Missouri has
What is 8?
These are bureaucratic groups that work outside of the Cabinet but still report to the President
What are independent agencies?
What is a Trial Court?
The way a person believes politics should be
What is ideology?
This process charges an elected official of misconduct or illegal acts
What is impeachment?
Once a bill has passed in the House it goes here
What is the Senate?
These groups work outside of the Cabinet and regulate other businesses
A crime is committed in Columbia MO, it can only be resolved in the courthouse in Columbia. This is an example of
What is a caucus?
If the amount of gas decreases, this will happen to its price
What is it will increase?