Branches of Government

To make sure that no one branch of government would become too strong, the writers of the Constitution built in a series of -----.

• Scales and Weights
• Rights and Wrongs
• Checks and Balances
• Truths and Lies

If the Congress passes a bill and the President officially refuses to sign it this is called a---.

• veto
• dead bill
• law
• pocket veto

If Congress wants to override the President's veto, they need what fraction in Congress to vote for it?

• 1/3
• 3/4
• 2/3
• 7/8

If the President wants a law passed, he must -----.

• ask the courts to pass it
• just pass it himself
• ask the American people
• Ask Congress to pass it

What is the correct order of the parts of the executive branch from top to bottom?

• President, Vice President, Cabinet, Departments and Agencies
• Departments and Agencies, Cabinet, Vice President, President
• Vice President, President, Cabinet, Departments and Agencies
• Cabinet, Vice President, President, and Departments and Agencies

Which are the lowest courts in the judicial branch?

• Supreme Court
• District Courts
• Circuit Courts
• They are all the same

The ----- branch of government may decide if a law is unconstitutional.

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• They all can

The main reason for the legislative branch of government is to -----.

• Create laws
• enforce laws
• Interpret the law

The branch of government that controls the federal courts is the ----- branch.

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial

Which of the following is an enumerated power of Congress

• declaring laws unconstitutional
• declaring war
• appoint supreme court justices
• write treaties