| A | B |
|---|
| representative democracy | type of government in the US |
| Jefferson | author of the Declaration of Independence |
| July 4, 1776 | date Declaration was adopted |
| Hancock | first person to sign the Declaration |
| amendment | change to the Constitution |
| republican & democrat | two major parties in the US |
| 18 | voting age |
| two houses | bicameral |
| legislative, executive, judicial | branches of government |
| House and Senate | two parts of Congress |
| House of Representatives | chamber of Congress that is based on population |
| Senate | equal chamber of Congress |
| Speaker | presiding office of the House |
| Vice President | presiding officer of the Senate |
| veto | rejection of a bill |
| Richard Nugent | your representative in House |
| Marco Rubio & Bill Nelson | senators for FL |
| Barack Obama | president |
| Joe Biden | vice president |
| 10 years | longest a person can be vice president |
| 35 | minimum age to be president |
| since birth | length of time you have to be a citizen to be president |
| 14 years | US resisency requirement to be president |
| electoral college | Who elects the president? |
| cabinet | president's advisors |
| Supreme Court | highest court in the US |
| speech, religion, press, assembly, & petition | First Amendment |
| Miranda Rights | rights that are read to someone before questioning |
| John Roberts | Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court |
| alien | lives in a country, but isn't a citizen |
| governor | state's chief executive |
| Rick Scott | FL's governor |
| mayor | city's chief executive |
| issue indictments | function of a grand jury |
| yes | is jury duty mandatory? |
