Who makes Federal laws?
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
What is an amendment?
Rule of Law
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
Freedom of Religion
In what month do we vote for President?
the first three words of the Constitution
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
What is the name of the President of the United States now?
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
the supreme law of the land
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Who is in charge of the Executive branch?
Economic system in the United States
How many amendments are in the Constitution?
How many United States Senators there are
One branch of the government
Three rights in the Declaration of Independence
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
What are the two (2) parts of the United States Congress?
What does the judicial branch do?
Who is the Governor of your state now?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
Name your U.S. Representative.
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
What the Constitution does
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
We elect a President for how many years?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
What is the highest court in the United States?
Ben Cline
John Roberts
Mike Pence
▪ to print money ▪ to declare war ▪ to create an army ▪ to make treaties
November
Ralph Northam
all people of the state
Everyone must follow the law
The Constitution
100
▪ provide schooling and education ▪ provide protection (police) ▪ provide safety (fire departments) ▪ give a driver’s license ▪ approve zoning and land use
advises the President
9
2
Capitalism
The Bill of Rights
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
The President
the Speaker of the House
Vice President
Donald Trump
You can practice an religion. Is in the first (1st) amendment
checks and balances
6
Congress
A change (to the Constitution)
▪ sets up the government ▪ defines the government ▪ protects basic rights of Americans
the Supreme Court
Possible answers: ▪ speech ▪ religion ▪ assembly ▪ press ▪ petition the government
Congress
Tim Kaine
"We the People"
The Senate and the House (of Representatives)
Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness
reviews laws ▪ explains laws ▪ resolves disputes (disagreements) ▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution
the state has more people
4 (four)
435 (four hundred thirty-five)
27
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
