PA State Civics Exam

Executive

This branch of government is responsible for carrying out the laws

Judicial

This branch is responsible for interpreting the laws

Joseph Biden

The current President of the United States

Kamala Harris

The current Vice President of the United States.

Electoral College

This body elects the President of the United States

Speaker of the house

If the president and the vice president were to die this person would serve as president

Franklin Roosevelt

Longest serving president

George Washington

First president elected under the Constitution

An amendment

A change to the Constitution

The senate

This body approves all treaties and presidential appointments

US capital

Congress meets in this building

Religious freedom

The pilgrims came to American in search of

Preamble

The introduction to the Constitution

James Madison

Primary author of the Constitution

Great Britain

We declared our independence from the country on July 4th, 1776

Bill of Rights

Collectively the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

Original colonies

The stripes on the US flag represent

Harrisburg

Capital of Pennsylvania

Reserved

Powers given to the States

Mark Longetti

Our representative in the PA house

Tom Wolf

Current governor of PA

Mike Kelly

Our representative in the US house

The White House

The presidential residence in Washington

In God we trust

The US National motto

State legislature

Under the original constitution, the US senate was elected by this

When was the Constitution written?

1787

To serve as the president one must be

Thirty five years old

Second Amendment

Right to bear arms

First Amendment

Freedom of speech

Fourth Amendment

Protection from illegal searches

Fifth Amendment

Protection from self incrimination

# of voting members in US house

435

# of years in a House term

2

# of voting members in the US senate

100

# of years in a senate term

6

US president is selected to a term of

4 years

22nd Amendment

President may serve a max number of 10 years in office.

Congress can override a Presidents veto with this majority

2/3

There are 9 Justices on the Supreme Court serving

A term of life

Fifty

Stars on US flag

Thirteen

Stripes on US flag

Amendments to the US constitution

27

Minimum age to vote in PA

Eighteen

19th Amendment

Gave women the right to vote

Current speaker of the US house

Mike Johnson

Current chief justice of the US supreme court

John Roberts

Branch that makes the laws

Legislative

Veto

When the president rejects a bill passed by Congress

Congress

According to the Constitution has the power to declare war

Abraham Lincoln

President during the Civil War