Study Guide U.S Government

What is the supreme law of the land

The constitution

What does the constitution do

Sets up the he government defines as he government and protects the basic rights of Americans

What is an amendment

An alternation or addition to a motion bill or constitution

What do we call the first ten amendments

The bill of rights

How many amendments does the constitution have

27

what does the declaration of independence do

It declared the American colonies independence from great Britain and stated the reasons for doing so

Which a right in the Declaration Independence

Everyone including the government and its leaders is accountable to the law

Name on branch or part of the government

Legislative

What stops one branch from becoming too powerful

Checks and balances

Who makes the federal laws

The legislative branch(congress)

What are the two parts of congress

The house of the representatives and the senate

How many u.s senators are there

100

A u.s senator serves for how many years

6 years

Name both of your state U.S senators

Mike crepo, James rich

If both presiden and vise president can no longer serve, who becomes president

The speaker of the house

What are the two major political parties in the U.S

Democratic and republican

President officer in the House of Representatives

name Mike Johnson

President officer

President officer in the senate

Name JD Vance

title The vice president

Senate

Age 30

Citizenship 9 years

Residency resident of the state

House of Representatives

Age 25

Citizen ship 7 years

Residency resident of the state