US government 1
What is Congress made up of?
Senate and House of Representatives
Judicial, Legislative, and Executive
What must a police have to enter/search your house/car/property?
What does the executive branch do?
Enforces laws
What are the two largest political parties in the USA?
What are the Democrats and Republicans?
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
Who does the President hire to help advise him?
What is The Presidential Cabinet?
The government style where people vote for their leaders.
What is a democracy?
What was the name of government the United States had after the Revolutionary War?
What is The Articles of Confederation?
What is the highest court in the United States?
The Supreme Court
What is checks and balances?
Makes sure not one branch of the United States government is more powerful than the others.
What is the federal government?
What does the judicial branch do?
Interprets laws (determines what each law means)
How many US Senators are there?
100
What are the three inalienable rights given to citizens in the Declaration of Independence?
What are life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
Who can veto laws created by Congress?
The president (executive branch)
What does bicameral mean?
Two houses of government
What is the executive branch made up of? (Name at least two)
President, Vice President, and Cabinet
What is the right to liberty?
The freedom to do and say what we (as long as nobody is getting hurt)
What was the Great Compromise?
Created a bicameral legislature to help balance of power between national and state governments
What freedoms are protected by the first amendment?
The freedom of assembly, speech, religion, petition, and press.
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
Who is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces?
What is the President?
How long is the term for an elected President?
What is four years?