Branches of Government Vocabulary Constitutional Convention Grab Bag Chapter 5 Grab Bag Anything 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

If a Law passes both the House of Representatives and the Senate but the President overrules the law.

Identify and explain the three branches of government

Legislative Branch- Makes the laws Executive Branch- Carries out the Legislative Branch- Makes the laws Executive Branch- Carries out the laws Judicial Branch- Interprets the laws

To bring charges against a Federal official

Impeach

Name two examples of checks and balances

-President can veto -Congress can override a presidential Veto -President can veto -Congress can override a presidential Veto. -Senate must approve Presidential appointments -Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional (Judicial Review)

Which amendment protects us from cruel and unusual punishment?

Amendment 8

What is a compromise? Identify the compromise that occurred in the year 1787?

Agreement made where both sides give up demands

Constitution

Set of written laws for a country

Unalienable Rights

Rights that can not be taken away from you

Amendment

To change the constitution

What was the main purpose of the Bill of Rights?

To protect individual citizens from government abuse

Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

Philadelphia

What was the 3/5ths compromise?

3/5ths of the total slave population for each state would be counted towards total population

What was Virginia’s main argument at the Constitutional Convention?

3 branches of government 2 house legislature Representation based on population!

Explain New Jersey’s main argument at the Constitutional Convention

1 vote per state (equal representation per state)

Explain the Great Compromise How many branches of government? How many houses in the Legislature?

3 branches of government 2 house legislature (bi-cameral) (House of Representatives) Representation based on population (Senate) 2 representatives per state

Why did colonists object to British taxes?

Did not have their own representatives in Parliament

How did France lose most of its colonies in North America?

French and Indian War and the Treaty of Paris 1763

“Many of the storekeepers couldn’t give away any of the British goods on the stores shelves. It was as if the colonists had agreed not to buy any of the English products”

Boycott

Which Act forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Proclamation Act

Taxed glass, paper, silk, lead, and tea

Townshend Acts

When census numbers show changes in states total population which part of the Legislature will be affected?

House of Representatives

How many Supreme Court Justices are there How many Supreme Court Justices are there? What is the length of their term?

9 They serve for life

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps??

A River

Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins. Why not?

Eskimos live at the North Pole. Penguins live at the South Pole

The meeting of 12 delegates from the colonies in Philadelphia during the Revolution was called?

Continental Congress

Final Jeopardy: How many representatives are there in the House of Representatives?

435