Constitution
Bill of Rights
Congress
President
Supreme Court
Other
Vocab
100
The original attempt at a Constitution.

What is Articles of Confederation?

100

The first ten amendments.

What is the Bill of Rights?

100

This branch deals with Congress.

What is the Legislative Branch?

100

This branch deals with the President.

What is the Executive Branch?

100
This branch deals with the Supreme Court.

What is the Judicial Branch?

100

Who is responsible for choosing leaders and holding government accountable.

Who are the People?

100

A change being made to the Constitution.

What is an amendment?

200

Which political party wanted the Constitution to be ratified.

What is Federalists

200
The amendment that stops the quartering of soldiers.

What is the 3rd Amendment?

200

The major function (job) of the Legislative Branch.

What is make/create laws?

200

The major function (job) of the Executive Branch.

What is enforce/carry out the laws?

200

The major function (job) of the Judicial Branch.

What is interpret/apply the laws?

200

The governor of Iowa.

Who is Kim Reynolds?

200

The section of the Constitution that explains the purpose.

What is the preamble?
300

Agreement of how Congress would be set up.

What is the Great Compromise? (Population and Equality of States)

300

What the Bill of Rights protects.

What are Natural and Civil Rights?

300

The two bodies of Congress.

What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?

300

The amount of terms a president can serve.

What is 2 terms? (4 years each)

300

How many justices are on the court.

What is 9?

300

This determines how many members a state gets in the House of Representatives.

What is the Population of the State?

300

The right to reject bills passed by legislature.

What is veto?

400

The principle where the Constitution gives each branch tools to stop each other from becoming too powerful. Example, President can veto a bill from Congress.

What is checks and balances?

400

The protections guranteed by the 1st Amendment.

What is Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech? (RAPPS)

400

How long a Senator serves and how many are in Congress.

What is 6 years and 100?

400

This determines who is president.

What is the Electoral College?

400

How long a Supreme Court justice may serve.

What is life?

400

The level of Government that existed first.

What is State governments?

400

To officially approve.

What is ratify?

500

The three branches of the federal government, legislative, executive, and judicial, are an example of this principle.

What is separation of powers?

500

The 10th amendment protects the states by doing this.

What is giving power to states that aren't stated in the Constitution?

500

How long a Representative serves and how many are in Congress.

What is 2 years and 435?

500

The presidential speech given to Congress at least once a year.

What is the State of the Union?

500

This nominates a Supreme Court Justice.

Who is the President?

500

Some of the reasons for why the Articles of Confederation didn't work.

What are; Regulate commerce, Tax, Raise an army, etc.?

500
The process to remove someone from office

What is an impeachment?

600

The group that had to ratify the Constitution and has to ratify all amendments

What are the States?

600

Why Congress had limited the power to tax originally in history.

What is a fear of being taxed like when Great Britain had been in charge?

600
Fraction of Congress needed to override a presidential veto.

What is 2/3?

600

How a state's number of electoral votes is determined.

What is state's # in House of Representatives + # of Senators?

600

According to the Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines... schools' can limit 1st amendment rights of students when this happens.

What is when something interferes with the learning environment of a school?

600

The difference between a republic and a democracy.

What is republics you elect representatives to speak and vote for you while a democracy the people hold the power over all voting?

600

The splitting of power between Federal and State Governments.

What is Federalism?