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Review for Civics

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Whose job is it to head the nations armed forces?Executive Branch
Whose job is it to enforce laws?Executive Branch
Whose job is it to appoint judges?Executive Branch
Whose job is it to veto or approve laws passed by congress?Executive Branch
Whose job is it to make laws?Legislative Branch
Whose job is it to raise and support an army?Legislative Branch
Whose job is it to formally declare warLegislative Branch
Whose job is it to lay and collect taxes?Legislative Branch
Whose job is it to establish the post office?Legislative Branch
Whose job is it to interpret the law?Judicial Branch
Whose job is it to use judicial review?Judicial Branch
Whose job is it to use the veto?Executive Branch
Whose job is it to control the budget?Executive Branch
Whose job is it to declare the actions of th e president unconstitutional?Judicial Branch
Who serves for life?Judicial Branch
Whose job is it to declare laws unconstitutional?Judicial Branch
Whose job is it to override a veto?Legislative Branch
Whose job is it to impeach a justice?Legislative Branch
Whose job is it to confirm Supreme court justice appointments?Legislative Branch
Whose job is it to impeach the president?Legislative Branch
If impeached this body tries the president and can convict with a 2/3 voteSenate
Who confirms the appointments to the Supreme Court?Senate
Who serves a 6 year term?Senate
Who is led by the Vice President or pro temporeSenate
Whose total number of members is 100Senate
Whose members must be at least 30 years old?Senate
Where do all revenue ($) bills begin?House of Representatives
Whose members must be at least 25 years old?House of Representatives
Who serves a 2 year term?House of Representatives
Whose total number of members is 435?House of Representatives
Who can impeach the president?House of Representatives
Who is led by the Speaker of the House?House of Representatives
Who makes treaties?the President
Who appoints cabinet members?the President
Whose members must be at least 35 years old?the President
Who serves a 4 year term?the President
Who appoints Supreme Court Members?the President
Who is led by the Chief Justice?The Supreme Court
Who serves for life?The Supreme Court
Whose total number of members is 9?The Supreme Court
Who is the Speaker of the House?John Boehner
Who is the Senate pro temporeDaniel Inouye
Who is the Vice President?Joe Biden
Who is the Senior Senator from IllinoisDick Durbin
Who is the 14th District Representative to the House of Representatives?Randy Hultgren
Who is the 2nd inline for the PresidencyJoe Biden
Who is the Secretary of StateHillary Clinton
Who is the Current President of the United States?Barack Obama
Who is the Governor of Illinois?Pat Quinn
Who is the Chief justice of the Supreme Court?John Roberts
Who is the person who presides over the SenateJoe Biden
Who was the 1st President?George Washington
Who is the Junior Senator from Illinois?Mark Kirk
Who was the previous President?George W. Bush
I was known as the father of the constitution before becoming presidentJames Madison
I am the nations first black PresidentBarack Obama
I was the president who led the United States through the Civil WarAbraham Lincoln
I was the only president to resign from office.Richard Nixon
I was impeached because I was a Southern Republican and gained the presidency after the death of Abraham LincolnAndrew Johnson
I was the nation's first Catholic President and was assassinated in TexasJohn F. Kennedy
I was the only president to later on become a justice of the Supreme Court. ( I once, while president,got stuck in a bathtub)William Taft
I was impeached for perjury or lying under oathBill Clinton
I was the only president elected to 4 consecutive termsFranklin D. Roosevelt
I wrote the Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson
Secretary of Urban HousingOversees housing in cities
Secretary of Health and Human servicesRuns the Center for Disease Control
Secretary of EducationAdministers federal funding for schools
Secretary of Veteran's affairsOversees former Armed Services Personnel
Secretary of InteriorOversees land conservation and National Parks
Secretary of CommerceOversees Business and Patents
Secretary of DefenseWorks with Armed forces and military matters
Secretary of TreasuryPlans US spending, controls IRS and US Mint
Secretary of AgricultureOversees land and rural development
Secretary of Homeland SecurityMaintains protection within the United States
Secretary of EnergyCoordinates Energy programs
Secretary of TransportationOversees airlines and railroads
Secretary of LaborOversees workforce and patents
Attorney GeneralHead law officer in the United States
Commander in ChiefPresident of the United States
Vice President2nd in line for the presidency
Electoral CollegeBody that elects the President
Secretary of StateDeals with foreign policy
Speaker of the HousePresident of the House of Representatives
CabinetGroup of presidential advisors
CongressBody that can override a presidential veto
Chief JusticeHead of the Supreme Court
ImpeachmentTo formally accuse a public official (including the President) of breaking the law
PlaintiffThe person bringing a lawsuit against another person
Eminent DomainTaking private property for public use
Delegated powersPowers given to congress
ratifyformal approval
Checks and balancesSystem of overlapping powers of the branches of governmnet to ensure that no one branch becomes too powerful
PreambleThe introduction to the Constitution
Double JeopardyA person cannot be tried again for a crime if they were previously aquitted
NominationProcess of selecting a candidate for office
DefendantThe person defending themselves against a lawsuit
Legal TenderAny kind of money a creditor must by law accept
PardonRelease from jail or trial by governor or president
Miranda rulePolice must explain constitutional rights to an arrested citizen
BoycottRefusal to purchase or sell goods to attempt to change behavior
TreasonCrime of disloyalty to the United States
FramersThe original creators of the Constitution
Presidential SuccessionThe manner in which a vacancy in the presidency is filled
BicameralTwo houses
Judicial reviewThe ability of the Supreme Court to make sure a law is constitutional
Executive AgreementA decision between heads of state
FugitiveA citizen fleeing from Justice


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