U.S. Constitution

Executive Branch's Main Job

enforce laws

Head of Executive Branch

President of the United States

A President can serve no more than _____ terms

2

The President serves ____ years

4

1st in line of succession to the President

Vice President

2nd in line to succession of the Presidency

Speaker of the House

The 3rd in line of succession to the President

President Pro Tempore

1st Cabinet member in line of Presidential Succession

Secretary of State

Minimum age of president

35

citizenship for president

natural born

Years to live in United States to be President

14

President presents this which is a plan for spending money

national budget

Date the President takes office

January 20th

elects the president

electoral college

Only president to resign

Richard Nixon

Number of Cabinet positions

15

The president can call both houses of Congress into

Special Session

The last presidential election year

2024

The next presidential election year

2028

First President

George Washington

In charge of foreign affairs

Secretary of State

in charge of military

Secretary of Defense

In charge of Social Security, medical regulations and research, and the Food and Drug Administration

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Chief legal officer

Attorney General

Helps Farmers

Secretary of Agriculture

Deals with work issues, helps settle strikes

Secretary of Labor

Protects our coasts, borders, etc

Secretary of Homeland Security

Main job is to make laws

Legislative Branch

2 parts of legislative branch

House of Representatives and Senate

main job of congress

Vote on bills to become laws

Congress meets here

Capitol in Washington D.C.

Number of House members

435

House members serve ___ year terms

2

A state gets a minimum of ____ representatives

1

minimum Age to be a member of the House

25

minimum years of citizenship for the house

7

Leader of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House

Congress gets a new number when

A new House of Representatives is elected

Makeup of the House favors

more populous states

The House can call for ________ of federal officers

impeachment

Selects president if no majority in the electoral college

House of Representatives

Number of senators

100

Each state gets this many senators

2

Minimum age of senator

30

minimum years of citizenship for the senate

9

Chief Officer of the Senate/President of the Senate

Vice President

approves appointments and treaties made by the President

Senate

Makeup of the Senate favors

less populous states

Acts as jury in impeachment cases

Senate

Judicial Branch main job

interpret laws

Court System for US

Judicial Branch

Highest court in the US

U.S. Supreme Court

Only hears cases from lower courts

US Court of Appeals

Main trial court

US District Court

Number of Supreme Court Justices

9

Appoints judges

president

approves judges

Senate

Judges serve for how long

life

President rejects a bill

veto

Congress overrides a bill with what vote

2/3

Can declare laws unconstitutional

Supreme Court

Branch that can remove a federal officer

Legislative

Number of amendments in the Constitution

27

The first 10 amendments are called

Bill of Rights

1st amendment freedoms

religion, speech, press, assembly, petition

amendment that limits presidential terms

22

numbers of ways to propose and ratify an amendment

2

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

year when Declaration of Independence was signed

1776

3 "inalienable rights" in the Declaration of Independence

life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

Served as the President of the Constitutional Convention

George Washington

First U.S. Constitution

Articles of Confederation

Stripes on the flag

13 colonies

Stars on the flag

50 states