Preamble/3 branches review

Preamble/3 branches review

Multiple Choice

What is the acronym to help you understand the 7 articles of the Constitution?

• lazy, elephants, jump, slowly, and, sleep, regularly.

• lazy, elephants, joust, sleep and regularly

• little, elves, jump, slightly after spearing a rhino.

• live, eat, jump, slick, against, swans, regurgitate

Acronym for the 7 articles of the Constitution

• •Lazy= Legislative branch (Write bills to become laws

  •Elephants= Executive branch (President, VP and cabinet enforce law)

  •Jump= Judicial branch (Interpret laws, Supreme Court and lower courts)

  •Slowly= States and Federal powers (Federalism)

  •And=Amendment process (2/3 of congress, ¾ of the states)

  •Sleep=Supremacy clause (State law cannot conflict with federal law)

  •Regularly=Ratification (To approve and pass the Constitution)

Multiple Choice

What does the legislative branch do?

• Create bills to become laws.

• Enforce laws

• Interpret laws

Article 1: The legislative branch

• •Establishes a 2 house legislative branch. It is “Bicameral”

  •House of Representatives: Serve 2 year terms. 435 members. Seats based on the population of the state. Florida has 27 seats.

  
  

  •The Senate: Serve 6 year terms. 100 members. 2 Senators per state. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are the 2 Florida Senators.

  
  

  •All issues with money starts in the House of Representatives.

  •All bills must pass both houses.

  •Only Congress can declare war. 

Multiple Choice

Who has the power to declare war?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Multiple Choice

What does the executive branch do?

• write bills to become laws

• enforce laws

• interpret laws

Article 2: Executive Branch

• •President, Vice President and 15 cabinet positions.

  
  

  •President is the commander and chief of the armed forces.

  
  

  •Vice President is the only person in our government in two branches. (Tie breaking vote in the Senate)

  •Cabinet positions include, Secretary of state, treasury, defense, labor, HUD, education, energy, homeland security.

  •Presidents job is to enforce law.

  President has the power to veto bills to prevent them from becoming law

Multiple Choice

What is a Veto?

• To pass a Bill to become a law

• To block a Bill from becoming a law.

Multiple Choice

What does the Judicial branch do?

• write bills to become laws

• Enforce law

• Interpret law

Article 3: The Judicial Branch

• •Creates a Supreme Court and lower courts

  
  

  •Supreme Court justices are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. They serve lifetime appointments.

  
  

  •There are currently 9 Supreme Court justices, though there is no official number set by the Constitution. It does need to be a odd number to prevent ties.

  
  

  •They interpret law and decide if a law is Constitutional or Unconstitutional. Their decision is final. Only the Supreme court can reverse themselves. They also resolve issues that they have been petitioned to look at. They hear less than 100 cases a year but thousands of cases are petitioned each year. 

Multiple Choice

How many Supreme Court Justices are there?

• 3

• 6

• 9

• 11

Fill in the Blank

What are the first 3 words of the Preamble?

Multiple Choice

How many goals are there in the Preamble?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 6

The Preamble

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Multiple Choice

What does Domestic Tranquility mean?

• War at home

• Peace at home

Multiple Choice

What does posterity mean?

• Nothing

• Older generations

• Future generations

• Current Generations

Multiple Choice

Looking at the diagram, what check does the Judicial branch have on the Legislative branch?

• Nominates all justices and judges

• Can rule presidential acts Unconstitutional.

• Can rule laws Unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

Looking at the diagram, what power does the legislative branch have over the executive branch?

• Congress approves all executive nominations, budget, can override a veto and can impeach and remove from office.

• The Court can rule an executive action unconstitutional.

• Confirms all presidential appointments.

Multiple Choice

Looking at the diagram, what power does the executive branch have over the legislative branch?

• Veto a bill

• Rule executive acts unconstitutional

• Can impeach and remove the President from office.