| A | B |
|---|
| federalism | national govt and state governments share power |
| separation of powers | divides governing responsibilities between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
| checks and balances | allows each branch to limit the powers of the others |
| popular sovereignty | people hold the ultimate power in the government |
| legislative branch | makes laws (Congress) |
| executive branch | enforces the laws (President) |
| judicial branch | interprets the Constitution (Supreme Court) |
| Congress | House of Representatives and Senate |
| 2 | Term of House of Reps. |
| 4 | Term of President |
| 6 | Term of Senator |
| 25 | Minimum Age of Representative |
| 30 | Minimum Age of Senator |
| 35 | Minimum Age of President |
| Congress | Has the power to declare war |
| Electoral College | Officially elects the President |
| President | Who is responsible for making treaties and appointing Supreme Court Justices (Judges) |
| State of the Union | Speech given by President at the beginning of each year |
| individual rights | Examples are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Amendments |
| republicanism | when citizens elect representatives |
| union | Preamble -in order to form a more perfect ______ |
| justice | Preamble - establish ______ |
| tranquility | Preamble - insure domestic _______ |
| general welfare | Preamble - promote the _____ _____ |
| liberty / posterity | Preamble - secure the blessing of ______ to ourselves and our _______ |
| 2 | senators/state |
| 2/3 | votes needed to override a presidential veto |
| 2/3 | votes needed to propose and amendment in Congress |
| 3/4 | state votes needed to ratify and amendment |
| 7 | # of Articles in the Constitution |
| 7 | # of basic principles followed by Constitution |
| 9 | # of Supreme Court justices |
| 9 | # of states needed to approve the Constitution |
| 14 | # of consecutive years a presidential candidate must have lived in U.S. |
| 27 | total # of Constitutional Amendments |
| 100 | # of members in the Senate |
| 270 | electoral votes needed to win a presidential election |
| 435 | # of members in the House of Reps. |
| 538 | total # of electoral votes cast in a presidential election |
