We the People

How old do you have to be president?

• 25

• 30

• 35

• 40

A __________ citizen has completed the process for becoming a U.S. citizen.

• notarized

• naturalized

• immigrated

• authorized

Who is elected to a six-year term?

• the president

• a U.S. senator

• a member of the House

• a Supreme Court justice

Citizens elect lawmakers to represent them. This makes our form of government a __________.

• direct democracy

• monarchy

• republic

• dictatorship

What is the supreme law of the land?

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

If both the president and vice president can no longer serve, who becomes president?

• the chief justice

• the Senate majority leader

• the Speaker of the House

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• the Bill of Rights

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• a strong military

Congress is called a bicameral legislature because it has two:

• Houses (Chambers)

• Parties

• Terms

• Senators

The main function of the legislative branch is to ___________ laws.

• approve

• interpret

• make (write)

• overturn