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