US government 1
Which of the following is a power of Congress?
A) Vetoing bills
B) Approving treaties
C) Interpreting laws
D) Issuing executive orders
What is approving treaties?
Judicial, Legislative, and Executive
What must a police have to enter/search your house/car/property?
What does the executive branch do?
Enforces laws
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
True or False: There is only one branch of government that does everything and has all the power.
False: There are 3 branches of government
What does the legislative branch do?
Makes laws
When the Constitution says "We the People," who is it referring to?
American citizens
What is the legislative branch made up of?
House of Representatives and the Senate (Congress)
What does the judicial branch do?
Interprets laws (determines what each law means)
What is the most well known part of the judicial branch?
The Supreme Court
What is the right to life?
The right to not be harmed and/or killed
What is the federal government?
The system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches is called this.
What is checks and balances?
What is the executive branch made up of? (Name at least two)
President, Vice President, and Cabinet
This is a power reserved only for state governments.
A) Printing money
B) Declaring war
C) Establishing schools
D) Making treaties
What is establishing schools?
Who can veto laws created by Congress?
The president (executive branch)
What does the Bill of Rights do?
Protects our individual/basic/human rights.
This document, signed in 1787, is the supreme law of the United States.
What is the Constitution?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press
The First Ammendment
The Constitution can be changed or updated through _________________.
ammendments
_______________ has the power to nominate Supreme Court justices.
The President
What is the freedom of conscience and religion? (Include both)
The freedom to think and believe whatever you want
This branch of the U.S. government can declare laws unconstitutional
The judicial branch
These two houses make up the U.S. Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?