2. Legislative Branch Executive Branch Judicial Branch Bill of Rights Amendments 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 What are the two houses of Congress and how many representatives are in each?

4. Answer 1 – 10 House of Representatives (435) and the Senate (100)

5. Question 1 - 20 What is the minimum age for a Representative and a Senator?

6. Answer 1 – 20 30 for the Senate, 25 for the House

7. Question 1 - 30 What is the job of the Legislative Branch?

8. Answer 1 – 30 Make/Write Laws

9. Question 1 - 40 List two powers of Congress

10. Answer 1 – 40 Create rules on how to become a citizen Collect taxes, pay debts, and borrow money Regulate commerce (trade) between the states and with other countries Coin money and punish counterfeiters Punish pirates Establish post offices, protect patents and copyrights Create lower federal courts Declare war, raise and support an Army and Navy Make any other laws that are “necessary and proper” to carry our the powers in this list

11. Question 1 - 50 The legislative branch checks over the ____________ branch by…?

12. Answer 1 – 50 Executive: Override presidential veto's Impeach or convict the president Judicial: Confirm or refuse Justices Impeach or convict Justices

13. Question 2 - 10 What are the names of the President and Vice President?

14. Answer 2 – 10 Barack Obama and Joe Biden

15. Question 2 - 20 What is the job of the executive branch?

16. Answer 2 – 20 Execute/enforce laws

17. Question 2 - 30 What is the presidential “cabinet” and how many departments are there?

18. Answer 2 – 30 Advise and lead different departments of the executive branch, 15 departments

19. Question 2 - 40 List two powers of the president

20. Answer 2 – 40 Power to carry out the laws Must live by the Constitution Commander in Chief of the military Ask his advisors, who lead parts of the government, for their opinion on different issues Can pardon someone for a crime, which gets them out of jail or stops the death penalty Can make treaties with other countries (with Senate approval) Can choose new Supreme Court justices (with Senate approval) Make recommendations to Congress about what bills to work on Update Congress on how things are going in the country Sign (approve) or veto a bill from Congress

21. Question 2 - 50 The executive branch checks over the ________________ branch by…?

22. Answer 2 – 50 Legislative: Proposing legislation Preparing an annual budget for Congress to Approve Call a special session of Congress Veto a bill Judicial: Appoint a Supreme Court Justice

23. Question 3 - 10 How many Supreme Court justices are there? And what is the requirement to become a Supreme Court Justice?

24. Answer 3 – 10 9, No formal requirement

25. Question 3 - 20 Which Court system was created by the Constitution and deals with disputes about laws that apply to the United States?

26. Answer 3 – 20 Federal Court System

27. Question 3 - 30 What is the job of the judicial branch?

28. Answer 3 – 30 Interpret/judge if laws are constitutional

29. Question 3 - 40 What does the term “judicial review” mean?

30. Answer 3 – 40 The courts/judicial branch have the power to say whether a law is constitutional or not

31. Question 3 - 50 The judicial branch checks over the _________________ branch by…..?

32. Answer 3 – 50 Legislative Branch: Declare laws/acts of congress unconstitutional Executive Branch Declare executive actions/orders to be unconstitutional

33. Question 4 - 10 Freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly

34. Answer 4 – 10 1 st Amendment

35. Question 4 - 20 Right to bear arms

36. Answer 4 – 20 2 nd Amendment

37. Question 4 - 30 Prohibits unreasonable search and seizure

38. Answer 4 – 30 4 th Amendment

39. Question 4 - 40 Right to a trial by jury of peers, cannot be retried for the same offense once acquitted, protects witnesses from incriminating themselves, and prevents individuals from being deprived of due process.

40. Answer 4 – 40 5 th Amendment

41. Question 4 - 50 Right to a speedy trial with an impartial jury and counsel (lawyer)

42. Answer 4 – 50 6 th Amendment

43. Question 5 - 10 This amendment abolished slavery

44. Answer 5 – 10 13 th Amendment

45. Question 5 - 20 Gave any U.S. citizen over the age of 18 the right to vote

46. Answer 5 – 20 26 th Amendment

47. Question 5 - 30 Gave all males the right to vote despite “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

48. Answer 5 – 30 15 th Amendment

49. Question 5 - 40 Gave women the right to vote

50. Answer 5 – 40 19 th Amendment

51. Question 5 - 50 Granted citizenship to all “persons born or naturalized in the United States.”

52. Answer 5 – 50 14 th Amendment