Name: ______

Help Me!!!

Mr. Dowling has worked hard to learn as many details about the United States government as possible. However, he has forgotten all of the terms that identify these details. Please help Mr. Dowling by matching the term that goes with each detail.

  1. The part of the government that passes the laws
  2. The document that sets out the laws and principles of our government
  3. A written change in the Constitution
  4. The group of electors from each state that meets every four years to vote for the President and Vice President
  5. The part of the Constitution that gives the federal government the right to make laws “necessary and proper” to carry out its specific powers and functions
  6. The number of Senators currently serving in the United States Senate
  7. The number of electors needed for a candidate to become President of the United States
  8. The division of power between the states and the national government
  9. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  10. The lower house of Congress-Each state is represented according to its population
  11. The number of representatives in the House of Representatives
  12. The number of electors in the electoral college
  13. The power used by the President to reject a bill
  14. Something that is not permitted by the Constitution
  15. Your current representative in the House of Representatives
  16. The part of the government that decides if laws are carried out fairly
  17. The opening statement of the Constitution-Lists the goals that the framers of the Constitution had for the nation
  18. New York’s current Senators
  19. To bring formal charges against an official
  20. Two houses
  21. The highest court in the United States
  22. The part of a government that carries out the laws
  23. A requirement to become President which says a person must be born in the United States
  24. The system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches
  25. The upper house of Congress-Each state is represented by two Senators
  26. Peace at home
  27. An example of a power that both state governments and the federal government have
  28. The system that gives each branch of government its own duties
  29. The branch of government that can override the President’s veto
  30. The branch of government that can impeach the President
  31. The branch of government that can veto a bill passed by Congress
  32. The amendment that guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, and the right to petition the government
  33. The amendment that prohibits unreasonable search and seizures
  34. The number of Supreme Court Justices that serve on the Supreme Court
  35. The formula for how the number of electoral votes per state is determined
  36. The lowest possible age of a member of the Senate
  37. The length of a term in the House of Representatives
  38. The smallest number of members of Congress that a state, regardless of population, can have