federal branches

Question 1

congress

Answer 1

a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party or labor union or from within a particular discipline.

Question 2

Executive branch

Answer 2

the person or branch of a government responsible for putting policies or laws into effect.

Question 3

Legislative Branch

Answer 3

having the power to make laws.

Question 4

Judicial Branch

Answer 4

of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge.

Question 5

President

Answer 5

the elected head of a republican state.

Question 6

Vice-President

Answer 6

an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.

Question 7

census

Answer 7

an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.

Question 8

Supreme Court

Answer 8

the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.

Question 9

House of Representatives

Answer 9

The lower house of the United States Congress. With 435 popularly elected officials, the House (as it is often called) is the most representative body in the federal government. House seats are apportioned (see apportionment) relative to each state’s population.

Question 10

Senate

Answer 10

the state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights.

Question 11

liberalism

Answer 11

Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.

Question 12

conservatism

Answer 12

A general preference for the existing order of society, and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change.

Question 13

checks and balances

Answer 13

A fundamental principle of American government, guaranteed by the Constitution, whereby each branch of the government (executive, judicial, and legislative) has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches.

Question 14

democracy

Answer 14

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Question 15

politics

Answer 15

the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.

Question 16

Republican

Answer 16

a member or supporter of the Republican Party.

Question 17

Democrat

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a member of the Democratic Party.

Question 18

election

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a formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.

Question 19

voting rights

Answer 19

Act of 1965 definition. A law passed at the time of the civil rights movement. It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people.

Question 20

Electoral College

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n the US) a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice presiden

Question 21

Constitution

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a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

Question 22

constitutional

Answer 22

of or relating to an established set of principles governing a state.

Question 23

veto

Answer 23

a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.