GED Social Studies Foundation & Structure of the US Government - Constitutional Powers

"Federalist ideas" were highly influenced by the 1600s and 1700s. What main idea influenced the formation of the US government?

The sharing of power between national (federal) government and the individual states

The removal of power from individual states

The removal of veto power from the President

The removal of the right to vote for business owners

What are the 3, co-equal branches of US government?

Commerical, Independent & Republic

Republican, Democrat & Independent

Executive, Legislative & Judicial

The Congress, Senate & House of Representatives

The Executive branch of the US Government includes who?

The Senate, Congress, and House of Representatives

The president, vice president, and secretary of state

The president, vice president, and the president's cabinet (advisors)

State governors, consituents, and committee members

The Legislative branch of the US government is bicameral (2-house) that includes 2 parts of Congress, the Senate & House of Representatives. What does it do?

Rules the individual states

Votes on bills that become laws

Supplies the military

Funds state governments

The difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is:

One works from an actual house and the other an office

There are no differences, both are elected by the people

The Senate has 100 members (2 from each state) and serve 6 year terms. The House has varying members due to voting population and serve 2 year terms

Both Senators and Representatives serve 4 years, like the President

To vote a bill into law, how much of Congress must approve it?

One half the members of Congress

It must be a unanimous (everyone agreeing) vote

A bill only passes with approval of the Senators from the state it was created

Two-thirds the members of Congress

The Judicial branch decides whether an action, law, or rule goes against the US Constitution. It includes:

US district courts and the Supreme Court

State courts and Federal courts

Juvenile and Adult courts

Traffic court

With reference to the US government, the "separation of powers" means

To divide the states into 50 different areas

To keep separate different branches of the military

It divides executive, legislative, and judicial powers into different branches of government

It lumps executive, legislative, and judicial branches into one unit

Impeachment can be defined as what?

The process of canning peaches

The process of cooking fruit

The process of removing a soldier from the military

The process of charging a government official with wrongdoing

The Supreme Court relies on what decision making process?

A majority opinion - the opinion that most Supreme Court justices agree to and makes up the decision

A minority opinion - the opinion one or two Supreme Court justices agree to and makes the decision

The bicameral nature of the US Congress

The ability to exercise dissent and veto decisions

GED Social Studies Foundation & Structure of the US Government - Constitutional Powers

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