Legislative Branch
This is the main responsibility of the Legislative Branch?
What is to make laws?
This is the leader of the executive branch.
Who is the president?
This is how Supreme Court Justices get their jobs.
What is they are appointed by the President?
This is the amount of amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is 10?
According to federalism in the US Constitution, this level of government is most powerful.
What is the federal (or national) government?
This is the number of Senators.
What is 100?
This is the current vice president of the US.
Who is JD Vance?
The main power of the Supreme Court is declaring laws ____________________.
What is unconstitutional?
The rights to your own religion, freedom of expression, and ability to peacefully protest are all in this amendment.
What is the first amendment?
This level of government has the power to wage and end wars.
What is the federal (or national) government?
This is the number of people in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
This is one of the federal agencies.
What is ________?
This is the term length of a Supreme Court Justice.
What is life?
The third amendment makes it illegal for the government to do this.
What is forcing to house soldiers?
This level of government sets speed limits and sales tax.
What is the state (or local) government?
This is how Senators and Representatives get their jobs.
What is election in their state or district?
This major party candidate lost to Trump in the 2016 election.
Who is Hilary Clinton?
This is the number of Supreme Court Justices.
What is 9?
The sixth amendment gives you the right to a _____ and _____ trial.
What is speedy and public?
This level of government can introduce a new amendment to the Constitution.
What is both the state and federal level?
This is a power that Congress has relating to war and peace.
What is declaring war?
(also acceptable: signing treaties)
The president appoints the Cabinet and supervisors of agencies, but they are approved by this group within the government.
What is the Senate?
This is the title of the highest official in the Supreme Court.
What is the Chief Justice?
This amendment gives you the right to a trial by jury in a civil case.
What is the seventh amendment?
True or False: One weakness of federalism is that it allows the majority to decide for the entire society.
What is true?