1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Branches of Government Vocabulary Constitutional Convention Grab Bag History Grab Bag Anything

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

4. Identify and explain the three branches of government

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

6. How many years does each serve per term? President Senator Representative

7. President-4years (max of 2 terms) Senator-6 years Representative-2 years

8. Name two examples of checks and balances

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

10. Name three roles of the President

11. 1. Chief Executive 2. Chief of State 3. Commander in Chief 4. Chief Diplomat 5. Chief Legislator

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

13. Agreement made where both sides give up demands

14. Constitution

15. Set of written laws for a country

16. Impeach

17. To bring charges against a federal official

18. Amendment

19. To change the constitution

20. Federalism

21. Government in which there is a separation of powers between the federal government and the state governments (sharing of power within the government)

22. Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

23. Philadelphia

24. What was the 3/5ths compromise?

25. 3/5ths of the total slave population for each state would be counted towards total population

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

27. 3 branches of government 2 house legislature Representation based on population!

28. Explain New Jersey’s main argument at the Constitutional Convention

29. 1 vote per state (equal representation per state)

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

32. 3 branches of government 2 house legislature (bi-cameral) (House of Representatives) Representation based on population (Senate) 2 representatives per state

33. How many branches of government did the U.S. have under the Articles of Confederation?

34. One (Legislative)

35. What is the Bill of Rights?

36. The 1 st ten amendments to the Constitution. Rights that protect individual liberties.

37. What is the 1 st amendment?

38. Freedom of speech, religion, press, right to petition and assembly.

39. What was Shay’s Rebellion?

40. Massachusetts farmers rebelled against the government- showed that the government was weak

41. Who were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists? What did they believe in?

42. Federalists- supported the Constitution and a strong central government Anti-federalists- were against the Constitution and wanted to add a Bill of Rights

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

44. House of Representatives

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

46. 9 They serve for life

47. 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??

48. A River

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

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

51. How many representatives are there in the House of Representatives?

52. 435

53. Explain how the Electoral College Process works Final Jeopardy