History-U.S Constitution
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- Legislative Branch
- Makes Laws
- Executive Branch
- Enforce Laws
- Judicial Branch
- Hear cases, interpret laws
- Officially elected by the electoral college
- President
- Has the right to veto
- President
- Commander in Chief
- President
- Appoints federal judges
- President
- Conducts foreign affairs
- President
- Maximum of 2 terms of 4 years
- President
- Must be at least 35 years old
- President
- Must be a naturally born citizen
- President
- President of the Senate
- Vice President
- Votes in case there is a tie
- Vice President
- Must be a citizen but no age is required
- Supreme Court Justice
- Appointed by the president
- Supreme Court Justice
- Term is for life or good behavior
- Supreme Court Justice
- Proceeds over presidential impeachment trials
- Supreme Court Justice
- Presiding officer is the speaker of the house
- House of Representatives
- The number of representatives depends on the population of the state
- House of Representatives
- Power to impeach
- House of Representatives
- Must be at least 25 years old
- House of Representatives
- Citizen for seven years
- House of Representatives
- Two year term
- House of Representatives
- 435 people
- House of Representatives
- Help in deciding laws
- House of Representatives
- Declare laws unconstitutional
- Supreme Court
- Highest Court
- Supreme Court
- Appointed by President
- Supreme Court
- Power to declare war
- Congress
- Coins money and establishes post offices
- Congress
- Regulates trade between states
- Congress
- Veto laws
- Congress
- Admits new states
- Congress
- Each state has 2
- Senate
- Approves or rejects federal appointments
- Senate
- citizen for 9 years
- Senate
- must be 30 years old
- senate
- term 6 years
- senate
- power to approve treaties
- senate
- This states the goals of the federal government
- the preamble
- This branch is called congress
- Legislative Branch
- Checks and Balances
- Systems of safeguards that prevent one branch of government becoming to strong.
- What protects Americans from the federal goverment??
- Bill of Rights
- First Amendment
- Allows freedom of speech
- States can not grant a title of ______.
- Nobility
- 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment deals with what issue??
- Slavery
- The first ten amendments are called what??
- Bill of Rights
- How many votes do you need to remove the federal officials through impeachment?
- 2/3
- Who is reserved power given to??
- The state
- The census is taken every _____ years..
- 10