The Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation failed because…failed because…
The Central Government The Central Government was too weakwas too weak
Members of the Constitutional Members of the Constitutional Convention settled differences Convention settled differences
by…by…
CompromiseCompromise
The Father of the Constitution The Father of the Constitution is…is…
James MadisonJames Madison
The idea that the national and The idea that the national and state governments share state governments share
power is called…power is called…
FederalismFederalism
The system that attempts to The system that attempts to keep the three branches of keep the three branches of
government equal in power is government equal in power is called…called…
Checks and BalancesChecks and Balances
The Constitution is The Constitution is the…the…
Supreme Law of the Supreme Law of the LandLand
How many times can a How many times can a person be elected person be elected
President?President?
2 times2 times
The length of one term for The length of one term for president is…president is…
4 years4 years
The President is The President is directly chosen by directly chosen by
the…the…
Electoral Electoral CollegeCollege
The Commander-in-The Commander-in-Chief of the armed Chief of the armed
forces is the…forces is the…
President of the U.S.President of the U.S.
When neither the When neither the President nor the President nor the Vice-President can Vice-President can serve as President, serve as President, the position is filled the position is filled
by the…by the…
Speaker of the Speaker of the HouseHouse
An impeached President An impeached President is…is…
Accused of wrong Accused of wrong doingdoing
The Supreme Court The Supreme Court consists of…consists of…
9 Justices9 Justices
The term of office for a The term of office for a Supreme Court Justice is…Supreme Court Justice is…
lifelife
Ratify means…Ratify means…
approveapprove
An Amendment An Amendment is…is…
A change or A change or addition to the addition to the
ConstitutionConstitution
Veto means…Veto means…
Refuse to sign a bill into Refuse to sign a bill into lawlaw
Census means…Census means…
Counting the population Counting the population every 10 yearsevery 10 years
THE PREAMBLETHE PREAMBLE
States the States the purpose of the purpose of the ConstitutionConstitution
The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights ProvidesProvides
Protection to the Protection to the individualindividual
Amendments must Amendments must have approval of ¾ ofhave approval of ¾ of
StatesStates
The First Amendment The First Amendment ProtectsProtects
Freedom of speech Freedom of speech and pressand press
The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights guarantees anyone on guarantees anyone on
trial for a crime the right trial for a crime the right to…to…
Trial by juryTrial by jury
An important duty An important duty of a U.S. citizen is toof a U.S. citizen is to
Vote in electionsVote in elections
A group that organizes a A group that organizes a protest march is exercising its protest march is exercising its
right toright to
Freedom of AssemblyFreedom of Assembly
The highest level of the The highest level of the Judicial Branch in Illinois Judicial Branch in Illinois
Government is theGovernment is the
State Supreme CourtState Supreme Court
The Chief Executive of The Chief Executive of Illinois is theIllinois is the
GovernorGovernor
The Legislative or Law-The Legislative or Law-Making Branch in Illinois Making Branch in Illinois
is theis the
General AssemblyGeneral Assembly
When the U.S. Flag is displayed When the U.S. Flag is displayed with State and Local flags it is with State and Local flags it is
to beto be
Higher than all other Higher than all other flagsflags
Since the flag is a Since the flag is a symbol of our symbol of our Nation, proper Nation, proper disposal is todisposal is to
Burn or bury it!Burn or bury it!
The Branch that interprets The Branch that interprets the laws is the…the laws is the…
Judicial BranchJudicial Branch
The Branch that makes the The Branch that makes the laws is the…laws is the…
Legislative BranchLegislative Branch
The Branch that carries out or The Branch that carries out or enforces the laws is the…enforces the laws is the…
Executive BranchExecutive Branch
The Branch headed by the The Branch headed by the President is the…President is the…
Executive BranchExecutive Branch
The Branch that consists of the The Branch that consists of the Supreme Court and all the Supreme Court and all the lower U.S. Courts is the…lower U.S. Courts is the…
Judicial BranchJudicial Branch
The Branch that is known as The Branch that is known as Congress is the…Congress is the…
Legislative BranchLegislative Branch
The Branch that has the The Branch that has the power to declare war is power to declare war is
the…the…
Legislative BranchLegislative Branch
The Branch headed by the The Branch headed by the Chief Justice is the…Chief Justice is the…
Judicial BranchJudicial Branch
The House that must The House that must start all money or tax start all money or tax
bills is the…bills is the…
House of House of RepresentativesRepresentatives
Representation is Representation is determined by state determined by state
population…population…
House of House of RepresentativesRepresentatives
Representation is 2 Representation is 2 per state…per state…
SenateSenate
Term of office is 6 Term of office is 6 years…years…
SenateSenate
The term of office is 2 The term of office is 2 years…years…
House of House of RepresentativesRepresentatives
The leader is known as The leader is known as the Speaker…the Speaker…
House of House of RepresentativesRepresentatives
The leader is the The leader is the Vice-President of Vice-President of
the U.S.the U.S.
SenateSenate