Government Review

How many branches of government are there?

• 3

• 5

• 2

• 6

How many justices serve on Supreme Court?

• 1
• 3
• 6
• 9

Supreme Court cases that established that separate is equal, therefore making segregation legal.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
• Washington D.C. v. Heller
• United States v Nixon

Supreme Court case that established separate is NOT equal, therefore DESEGREGATING public schools.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Bush v. Gore

Who has the power to appoint a Supreme Court Judge, when there is an open spot  on the court?

• Legislature
• Citizens
• President
• Congress

Name the branch: Congress

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

Describes a legislature with 2 houses

• bicameral

• federalism

• parliamentary

Total members of the US Congress

• 435

• 100

• 538

• 535

The number of members in the House of Representatives

• 100

• 435

• 538

• 11

Every state has at least one of these congress members; the number per state is based in population

• US Senate

• House of Delegates

• House of Representatives