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A person who speaks for a group
What is a representative
100
A change to the Constitution
What is an amendment
100
The percentage of votes needed for states to change the Constitution
What is 2/3
100
The number of times a president can be elected.
What is 2 times
100
The names of the president and vice president
Who are President Obama and Vice President Biden
200
Each branch checks what the other branches are doing which keeps power in balance
What is checks and balances
200
The three main parts to the Constitution
What is the preamble, the articles and amendments
200
The number of votes needed by both houses of Congress to override a veto from the President
What is 2/3
200
The Legislative Branch is made up of these two Houses
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate
200
The name given to the president's advisors
What is the Cabinet
300
This term applies when the president does not approve a bill or sends it back
What is veto
300
The U.S. Government is set up so that any one branch can not have more power than the other branches.
What is Separation of Powers
300
The three branches of the federal government
What is the legislative, the executive and judicial branches
300
The number of years that the president and Vice president are elected
What is four
300
Congress can not pass a law saying every citizen must attend the same church because of this amendment
What is the First Amendment- freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition
400
If a law is not allowed by the Supreme Court because it does not agree with the Constitution
What is unconstitutional
400
The branch of government that is made up of the Supreme Court and Federal Courts
What is the Judicial Branch
400
The Bill of Right lists the rights for this group of people
What is all citizens
400
The main job of the Supreme Court is to
Interpret the law or decide what the law means
400
This branch is made up of the President, Vice President and and Cabinet
What is the Executive Branch
500
The government branch that makes the laws
What is the Legislative Branch
500
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
500
An idea for a new law
What is a bill
500
The main reason the government failed under the Articles of Confederation
What is the Federal government had too little power
500
The number of Senators each state has and the total number in the senate.
What is 2 senators and 100 senators in the Senate