The Three Branches Overview

How many Electoral votes are needed to win the presidency?

• 250
• 100
• 270
• 500

Veto power allows the president to check which branch of the government?

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• Federal

The Amendment stating that powers not delegated to the United States Government are reserved to the states or to the people: 

• 5th
• 17th
• 11th
• 10th

The United States Constitution corrected a weakness of the Articles of Confederation by

• creating three branches of government
• giving greater power to state governments
• providing a clear definition of state’s rights
• granting the right to vote to all white males

Congress established a minimum wage for workers and regulations on radio broadcasts by combining its delegated power to regulate interstate commerce with the

• Sanctity of contract clause
• due process clause
• elastic clause
• writ of habeas corpus clause

Which Presidential action is an example of the unwritten constitution?

• appointing Justices to the Supreme Court
• granting pardons for Federal crimes
• submitting a treaty to the Senate for ratification
• consulting with the Cabinet

Who has the expressed power to declare war?

• President

• Congress

• House

• Senate

The executive branch can "check" on the judicial branch because...

• The President can pardon those found guilty of crimes

• The President can veto laws

• The President can remove Supreme Court Justices from office

The President is elected by

• a majority vote by the people

• a majority of votes through the electoral college

• the Senate

When a president is impeached, ...

• ...he is removed from office

• ...the House of Representatives has voted to put him on trial

• ...he is sent to jail

• ...he must resign like Nixon