Who is in charge of the Executive branch?
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
What is an amendment?
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
What the Constitution does
Who makes Federal laws?
What are the two (2) parts of the United States Congress?
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
One branch of the government
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
Freedom of Religion
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Three rights in the Declaration of Independence
Rule of Law
How many amendments are in the Constitution?
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Economic system in the United States
the supreme law of the land
Name your U.S. Representative.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
How many United States Senators there are
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
In what month do we vote for President?
What does the judicial branch do?
What is the highest court in the United States?
the first three words of the Constitution
What is the name of the President of the United States now?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?
We elect a President for how many years?
Who is the Governor of your state now?
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
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"We the People"
Ben Cline
▪ to print money ▪ to declare war ▪ to create an army ▪ to make treaties
The Constitution
Congress
6
A change (to the Constitution)
Capitalism
Vice President
100
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
You can practice an religion. Is in the first (1st) amendment
The Senate and the House (of Representatives)
the Speaker of the House
John Roberts
The Bill of Rights
checks and balances
possible answers: ▪ Secretary of Agriculture ▪ Secretary of Commerce ▪ Secretary of Defense ▪ Secretary of Education ▪ Secretary of Energy ▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services ▪ Secretary of Homeland Security ▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ▪ Secretary of the Interior ▪ Secretary of Labor ▪ Secretary of State ▪ Secretary of Transportation ▪ Secretary of the Treasury ▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs ▪ Attorney General ▪ Vice President
November
Everyone must follow the law
▪ sets up the government ▪ defines the government ▪ protects basic rights of Americans
reviews laws ▪ explains laws ▪ resolves disputes (disagreements) ▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution
Mike Pence
the Supreme Court
The President
4 (four)
▪ provide schooling and education ▪ provide protection (police) ▪ provide safety (fire departments) ▪ give a driver’s license ▪ approve zoning and land use
Possible answers: ▪ speech ▪ religion ▪ assembly ▪ press ▪ petition the government
the state has more people
Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness
Tim Kaine
advises the President
435 (four hundred thirty-five)
Ralph Northam
2
Congress
all people of the state
Donald Trump
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