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6. What is the main job of the legislative branch?

7. …to make laws.
A 100

8. Once a bill is approved by the House and the Senate, what must happen before it can become a law?

9. The president must approve it.

10. How might Congress reverse a president’s decision?

11. Congress can override a veto with 2/3rd approval from the House and Senate.

12. When Congress refuses to pass legislation it is a check of which branch?

13. This is the legislative branch checking the power of the executive branch.

14. How does the Legislative Branch insure that the House and Senate pass identical versions of a bill?

15. The bill goes to a joint committee (House and Senate) to make sure the bills passed by both houses are identical.
A 500

16. What is the most important task of the executive branch?

17. The most important task of the executive branch is to enforce and carry out federal laws.

18. Name the powers of the president.
B 200

19. Create policy, meet with heads of state, appoint federal officials (cabinet, Supreme Court Judges, etc…) sign treaties, grant pardons, and act as Commander and Chief.
B 200

20. What article of the Constitution created the Executive Branch?

21. Article II
B 300

22. Who can impeach the president?
B 400

23. The Senate
B 400

24. Who is next in line for the presidency if the president and vice-president are unable to fulfill their duties?
B 500

25. •Speaker of the House John Boehner
•President pro tempore of the Senate1 Patrick Leahy
•Secretary of State John Kerry
•Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew
•Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
•Attorney General Eric Holder
•Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel
•Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
•Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
•Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez
•Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
•Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan
•Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx
•Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
•Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
•Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki
•Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers (acting)
B 500

26. Name the Article the created the Judicial Branch AND its main job.

27. Article 3 – to review laws

28. What makes up the Judicial Branch?

29. The District Courts, Circuit Courts of Appeal, and Supreme Court.

30. What is Judicial Review

31. The Supreme Courts ability to review a law and declare it unconstitutional.

32. Who appoints and approves Supreme Court nominations.

33. The President and the Congress.

34. What is the job of the courts of appeals?

35. To decide if cases heard by the lower courts were tried appropriately.

36. What does the Separation of powers accomplish?

37. It keeps any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
D 100

38. Which Article states the powers of the Legislative Branch?
D 200

39. Article I
D 200

40. Which branch ratifies treaties?
D 300

41. The Legislative Branch ratifies treaties.
D 300

42. What is the “elastic clause”?
D 400

43. It allows the Legislature to pass any laws that are necessary and proper to the well being of the nation.
D 400

44. How is the number of electors in the Electoral College determined?

45. 2 per state plus one elector for each district within that state.

46. What is the purpose of the Preamble?

47. To outline the goals of the Consitution.

48. According the Preamble, where does the government get its power?

49. From the people.
E 200

50. What does “posterity” refer to?

51. Future generations
E 300

52. How do we “provide for the common defense”?

53. Created the Armed Forces

54. What was created as a result of the Preamble’s goal to “insure domestic tranquility.”

55. National Guard.
E 500