Government Exam Review

3. Congress with 2 houses.
7. Yearly address given by POTUS in January outlining their plans.
8. Leader of the House of Representatives that plans legislative agenda of the House.
10. Supreme Court of the United States.
11. Advisors to POTUS made up of heads (or secretaries) of the executive departments.
15. POTUS can deploy the military.
17. Number of the amendment that gave women the right to vote.
20. Main author of the Declaration of Independence.
21. 4 of 9 SCOTUS justices must accept a case before it is heard.
22. Opinion held by the majority of SCOTUS justices that will be used as precedent.
23. Secretary of State, Attorney General, and other government officials and cabinet members that are appointed, not elected.
25. Written by a SCOTUS justice when they do not agree with the majority opinion.
26. Dictatorships, monarchies, democracies that make administrative decisions for people.
28. Branch of government tasked with making laws for the US.
30. Leader of a state's executive branch.
32. SCOTUS power to rule the actions of other branches of government unconstitutional.
33. Number of the amendment passed after FDR won a fourth term in office, leading to POTUS term limits.
35. Government run by a small group of wealthy elites.
36. House of Congress whose members serve 6 year terms.
38. POTUS can promote bills in Congress.

1. Government couldn't tax, had no national military, and gave the most powers to state governments.
2. First document used to limit the power of the crown in England.
4. Leader of SCOTUS
5. POTUS can do this if they don't like a bill in Congress.
6. President of the United States.
7. The American government has government broken into 3 branches with different powers, roles, and responsibilities.
9. Number of the amendment that protects freedom of speech.
12. Favored by large states because Congressional representation would be based on state population.
13. "President of the Senate" responsible for breaking any 50/50 ties.
14. Government system in which the state government has the most power.
16. Government operates according to a Constitution.
18. People who are represented by members of Congress.
19. Kim Jong Un is one of these, he is the sole leader and maintains power by force.
24. POTUS is in charge of this.
27. Small states favored this plan because in would make Congressional representation equal for all states.
29. a formal change to the Constitution.
31. POTUS appoints SCOTUS judges, Senate approves SCOTUS nominations, Congress passes laws, POTUS can veto laws, etc.
34. Democratic, Republican, Libertarian - Groups that seek to get people elected to office.
37. Government power shared between state and federal government.