Branches of Government VocabularyEarly IdeasWho am I?Bill of Rights

The branch of government that interprets the law

What is the Judicial Branch? (100)

The branch of government that includes the President, the Vice President, and the Cabinet.

What is the Executive Branch? (200)

The branch of government that includes both the House of Representatives and the Senate?

What is the legislative branch? (300)

The branch of government that has the ability to pardon or grant reprieves for federal crimes.

What is the Executive Branch? (400)

The branch of government that approves the President’s nominations for the Supreme Court.

What is the legislative branch? (500)

This word means “to reject”.

What is “veto”? (100)

This word means “a formal change to the Constitution”.

What is “amendment”? (200)

This phrase means “everyone is treated fairly and equally in a court of law”.

What is “due process”? (300)

This word means “a formal accusation or charge of a crime”.

What is “indictment”? (400)

This word means “the right to vote”.

What is suffrage? (500)

The document that came before the Constitution and that outlined our first formal plan of government.

What are the Articles of Confederation? (100)

While the Constitution was being discussed, this plan was proposed. It required the Legislative Branch to be made up of one house with each state given one vote.

What is the New Jersey Plan? (200)

While the Constitution was being discussed, this plan was proposed. It required the Legislative Branch to be made up of two houses with each state given representatives based on the population of the state.

What is the Virginia Plan? (300)

This group of early Americans were willing to sign the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.

Who were the Federalists? (400)

The Antifederalists refused to sign the Constitution because they feared losing these two things.

What is power of the states and individual freedoms. (500)

I am the head of the Executive Branch and I am elected every four years.

Who is the President? (100)

Nine of us are appointed by the President and we serve life terms provided we behave ourselves.

Who are Supreme Court Justices? (200)

There are 100 of us, two from each state. We serve 6 year terms.

Who are United States Senators? (300)

There are 435 of us, 9 of us are from Washington State. We are up for election every two years.

Who are members of the House of Representatives? (400)

We have the power to declare war.

Who is Congress? (500)

This amendment gives freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly.

What is Amendment #1? (100)

This amendment protects us from having to quarter soldiers in times of peace.

What is Amendment 3? (200)

This amendment protects our rights to a speedy public trial and a lawyer even if the defendant cannot afford one.

What is Amendment #6? (300)

This amendment protects us against unreasonable search and seizure.

What is Amendment #4? (400)

This amendment states that there are fundamental rights kept by the people that the government must respect even though not every right a citizen has is listed in the Constitution.

What is Amendment #9? (500)