Government 1
This system makes and administers our laws.
What is the Government?
Congress makes these to help keep our country safe and fair.
What are laws?
What branch of government interprets the laws?
What is the Judicial Branch?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights?
What are the two houses that make up Congress?
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate.
These are the 3 branches of government.
What is Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
What branch of government makes the laws?
What is the Legislative Branch?
The president's refusal to sign a into law a bill that has been approved by Congress.
What is a veto?
This is how the number of representatives for each state is decided.
What is the population of the state?
This person is the leader of the United States.
Who is the President?
This song is our national anthem.
What is “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
The first words of the Constitution are “We the…” what?
What is People?
Who has to sign a bill before it becomes a law?
Who is the President?
How many years can a senator serve?
What is 6 years.
Our form of government in the U.S.
What is Democracy?
This group of 9 individuals is the highest court in our country.
What is the Supreme Court?
This person helps the President and takes over if the President can’t do the job.
Who is the Vice President?
This leader is in charge of a city.
What is the mayor?
This is how long can a Supreme Court judge serve.
What is for life?
Prevents one branch of government from dominating the others.
What is checks and balances?
What branch administers the operations of the government?
What is the Executive Branch?
This important paper is the plan for how our government works.
What is the Constitution?
The leader of a state’s government is called this.
What is a governor?