Mr. Grant's Civics: Executive & Judicial Branch Unit Test, #1

Article II

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Congress

Life, resignation, or death

• Term of a US Senator

• Term of a US Representative

• Term of a US President

• Term of a US Supreme Court Justice

House of Representatives

• Power to impeach the President

• Where the trial of a Supreme Court Justice is held

• Where 100 members are

• Can declare an act of the President Unconstitutional

Born a citizen of the US ONLY

• Qualification of a US Senator

• Qualification of a US Supreme Court Justic

• Qualification of the President and Vice-President

• Qualification of a member of the House

One reason given by our Founders to create the Electoral College.

• To make the Senate more powerful

• To make the Supreme Court equal to the other two branches

• To avoid a popularity contest

An executive order

• has the force of law without the approval of Congress

• Judicial Review

• Writ of Certiorari

• filibuster

Which is not part of the Executive Branch?

• Vice-President

• Cabinet

• Executive Departments and Agencies

• Senate

Handles public security issues, disaster prevention, and border security

• Secretary of Labor

• Secretary of State

• Secretary of Homeland Security

• Secretary of Education

Oversees the production of US currency

• Secretary of the Treasury

• Secretary of State

• Secretary of Education

• Secretary of the Interior

Separation of Powers

• Where every branch is equal and has its own responsibilities

• A check on the Judicial Branch

• An act by the President that has the force of law

• Created to make the Executive Branch the most powerful