Citizen Handbook Four-Eight

Question 1

bill

Answer 1

A proposed law.

Question 2

veto power

Answer 2

Presidential power to stop a bill from becoming a law by rejecting it.

Question 3

override

Answer 3

An action taken by Congress to reverse a presidential veto, requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.

Question 4

House of Representatives

Answer 4

The lower legislative house of the United States Congress with 435 members and members are elected every two years.

Question 5

U.S. Senate

Answer 5

The upper house of the U.S. Congress with 100 members that are elected every six years.

Question 6

Legislative Branch

Answer 6

The branch of government that makes the laws.

Question 7

Executive Branch

Answer 7

The branch of government that carries out laws.

Question 8

Judicial Branch

Answer 8

Branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly and interprets the Constitution.

Question 9

Presidential Cabinet

Answer 9

Group of officials who head government departments and advise the President.

Question 10

Electoral College

Answer 10

A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.

Question 11

Supreme Court

Answer 11

The highest federal court in the United States with nine members that serve for life.

Question 12

appeal

Answer 12

To ask a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.

Question 13

Sandra Day O’Connor

Answer 13

First female Supreme Court justice.

Question 14

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 14

First African American Supreme Court Justice.

Question 15

Amending the Constitution

Answer 15

Changing of the Constitution that needs approval of two-thirds of Congress and three-fourths of the states.

Question 16

Bill of Rights

Answer 16

The first ten amendments to the Constitution.