Welcome to your System of Government
1.
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
2.
Who signs bills to become laws?
3.
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
4.
We elect a President for how many years?
5.
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
7.
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
9.
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
10.
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?*
Hint
11.
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
12.
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
14.
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
15.
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
16.
In what month do we vote for President?
17.
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
18.
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
19.
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
20.
What does the judicial branch do?
21.
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
22.
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
23.
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
24.
What is the highest court in the United States?
25.
Name one branch or part of the government.*
26.
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
27.
How many U.S. Senators are there?
