The American Constitution: The Executive, Legislature & Judiciary

Question 1

What are the three main branches of the constitution?

Answer 1

The Executive, Legislature & Judiciary

Question 2

The constitution describes a bicameral legislature: what does this mean?

Answer 2

It has two houses: the house of representatives and the senate.

Question 3

Out of the house of representatives and the senate, which is the upper house and which is the lower?

Answer 3

Senate- upper
Representatives- lower

Question 4

How many representatives per state are in the Senate?

Answer 4

2

Question 5

How many representatives per state are there in the House of representatives?

Answer 5

It’s proportionate to the population of that state.

Question 6

How many total representatives are there in the House of Representatives?

Answer 6

435

Question 7

What is congress?

Answer 7

It’s both houses (House of Representatives and The Senate)

Question 8

Who’s in the legislative branch?

Answer 8

congress

Question 9

Who’s in the executive branch?

Answer 9

President, Vice President, Cabinet

Question 10

Who’s in the judiciary branch?

Answer 10

Supreme court, other federal courts

Question 11

What does the legislative branch do more broadly?

Answer 11

Makes Laws

Question 12

What does the executive branch do more broadly?

Answer 12

Carries out laws

Question 13

What does the judicial branch do more broadly?

Answer 13

Interprets laws

Question 14

Where do revenue measures have to originate from… and why?

Answer 14

The House of Representatives.

Question 15

To what extent is there a separation of power between the three branches of government?

Answer 15

Completely (insert ghost OoooOOooos here)

Question 16

Give just some examples of what those three little branches of government do NOT share.

Answer 16

Powers, buildings, and personnel

Question 17

Why would it be good to have a complete separation of power

Answer 17

nobody has the power to overrule the whole system

Question 18

Who sets and collects taxes?

Answer 18

Congress

Question 19

Who borrows money on behalf of the USA?

Answer 19

Congress

Question 20

Who can to some extent regulate foreign commerce via things such as tariffs?

Answer 20

Congress

Question 21

Who establishes the rules on citizenship?

Answer 21

Congress

Question 22

Who has the power to control and regulate the country’s money system, including the production and distribution of currency, and to make sure that all measurements used in commerce are the same across the country.

Answer 22

Congress

Question 23

Who can set up courts that are lower than the supreme court?

Answer 23

Congress

Question 24

Who can declare war?

Answer 24

Congress

Question 25

Who can raise an army?

Answer 25

Congress

Question 26

Who is commander in chief of the Army and Navy?

Answer 26

The President

Question 27

Who can make treaties?

Answer 27

The President

Question 28

Who can make pardons?

Answer 28

The President

Question 29

Who appoints judges and ambassadors?

Answer 29

The President

Question 30

Who can veto legislation?

Answer 30

The president

Question 31

Who can rule on issues arising from the constitution between the federal and state government?

Answer 31

Those in the Judicial branch. All dem federal courts including but not exclusively limited to the Supreme Court.

Question 32

Done by who, checking on whom? Write legislation

Answer 32

Done by: Congress
Checking on: President

Question 33

Done by who, checking on whom? Veto override

Answer 33

Done by: Congress
Checking on: President

Question 34

Done by who, checking on whom? Power of the Purse

Answer 34

Done by: Congress
Checking on: President

Question 35

Done by who, checking on whom? Declare war

Answer 35

Done by: Congress
Checking on: President

Question 36

Done by who, checking on whom? Impeachment of the president

Answer 36

Done by: Congress
Checking on: President

Question 37

Done by who, checking on whom? Ratify (confirm) treaties

Answer 37

Done by: Congress
Checking on: President

Question 38

Done by who, checking on whom? Ratify (confirm) the appointing of people.

Answer 38

Done by: Congress
Checking on: President

Question 39

Done by who, checking on whom?
The impeachment of justices.

Answer 39

Done by: Congress
Checking on: The Supreme Court

Question 40

Done by who, checking on whom? Proposing a constitutional amendment.

Answer 40

Done by: Congress
Checking on: The Supreme Court

Question 41

Done by who, checking on whom? Creation of lower ranking courts.

Answer 41

Done by: Congress
Checking on: The Supreme Court

Question 42

Done by who, checking on whom? Ratifying specifically judicial appointments.

Answer 42

Done by: Congress
Checking on: The Supreme Court

Question 43

Done by who, checking on whom? Suggesting legislation

Answer 43

Done by: President
Checking on: Congress

Question 44

Done by who, checking on whom? sign/veto legislation

Answer 44

Done by: President
Checking on: Congress

Question 45

Done by who, checking on whom? Commander in chief of the armed forces.

Answer 45

Done by: President
Checking on: Congress

Question 46

Done by who, checking on whom? Power of the pardon

Answer 46

Done by: President
Checking on: Supreme Court

Question 47

Done by who, checking on whom? Nomination of people to appoint for judicial positions.

Answer 47

Done by: President
Checking on: Supreme Court

Question 48

Done by who, checking on whom? The power to review and potentially invalidate actions taken by the other branches of government.

Answer 48

Done by: Supreme Court
Checking on: Both the Executive and legislative branches

Question 49

Which out of The House of Representatives, The President/Vice President, and the Senate, have their elections together?

Answer 49

Broadly speaking none of them but around the time of the presidential election technically they all have at least some kind of election. I would check out my notes under “The American Constitution” as I have a lot of diagrams and visual sources.

Question 50

How long is a presidential term?

Answer 50

4 years

Question 51

How often are presidents elected?

Answer 51

Every 4 years

Question 52

How often are representatives from the House of Representatives elected?

Answer 52

Every 2 years.

Question 53

How long is a representative in the Senate in their position?

Answer 53

6 years.

Question 54

How often are there elections for Senate representatives?

Answer 54

every 2 years but this is only for a third of them (i dont know if this means anything to you but this is the same system as beekeepers drawing different colours on the bees- it’s not a random third it’s just that once you have had your 6 years your time is up so a new (or potentially new) third would get voted in).

Question 55

Just for the sake of it imagine that we are just calling the 1st year of the election cycle year 1. The rest of this logic should then be followed.

When does the president start having his new responsibilities?

Answer 55

January year 1

Question 56

Just for the sake of it imagine that we are just calling the 1st year of the election cycle year 1. The rest of this logic should then be followed.

When is the presidential election?

Answer 56

November year 4

Question 57

Just for the sake of it imagine that we are just calling the 1st year of the election cycle year 1. The rest of this logic should then be followed.

When are the elections for the representatives for either the House of Representatives or for Congress?

Answer 57

November year 2 and November year 4

Question 58

Just for the sake of it imagine that we are just calling the 1st year of the election cycle year 1. The rest of this logic should then be followed.

When do the new members of congress start their responsibilities?

Answer 58

January year 1 and January year 3

Question 59

Just for the sake of it imagine that we are just calling the 1st year of the election cycle year 1. The rest of this logic should then be followed.

When do the parties have to hold primaries to select their presidential candidates?

Answer 59

May-June year 4

Question 60

Just for the sake of it imagine that we are just calling the 1st year of the election cycle year 1. The rest of this logic should then be followed.

When do the parties have to confirm their presidential candidates?

Answer 60

July year 4

Question 61

What is a primary?

Answer 61

It’s when people vote for which candidate they want t be a parties presidential candidate in the general election.