US Constitution Review

The ___________________________ impeaches (accuses) the president of wrong doing. The _________________ holds the trial for the president.

• Vice President, House of Representatives

• Senate, Speaker of the House

• House of Representatives, Senate

• Chief Justice, Supreme Court

What is the only branch of government that has the power to make laws? __________________

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Supreme Court

Who is in charge of the Executive branch?

• the President

• the House of Representatives

• Chief Justice

• the Senate

As Commander-in-Chief, what is the President actually allowed to do?

• can suspend the War Powers act

• can send troops to other countries for up to 60 days

• leads his army into battle

• can declare war on another nation

The President can veto bills, the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional, and Congress can declare war. These are examples of:

• federalism

• elastic clause

• judicial review

• separation of powers

Which court has the final say in the cases it hears?

• District Court of Appeals

• Federal Court of Appeals

• United States Supreme Court

• State Supreme Court

The United States is a Democracy. Each state in the U.S. is also required to have this type of government.

• socialist

• dictatorship

• republic

• communist

The purpose of the Judicial branch is to

• enforce the laws

• make laws for the nation

• interpret the laws

• create the nation's budget

What does a veto mean to a bill?

• the president has signed the bill

• the conference committee has killed the bill

• the Supreme Court has declared it

  unconstitutional

• the president has rejected the bill and it most likely will not become law

The President has many jobs, one of them being:

• approving treaties with other nations

• commanding the nation’s armed forces

• declaring laws to be unconstitutional

• declaring war