B: System of Government

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  • Everyone must follow the law.

  • Leaders must obey the law.

  • Government must obey the law.

  • No one is above the law.

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Articles of Confederation

  • Federalist Papers

  • Anti-Federalist Papers

  • Virginia Declaration of Rights

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  • Mayflower Compact

  • Iroquois Great Law of Peace

  • So one part does not become too powerful

  • Checks and balances

  • Separation of powers

  • Legislative, executive, and judicial

  • Congress, president, and the courts

  • Executive branch

  • (U.S.) Congress

  • (U.S. or national) legislature

  • Legislative branch

  • Senate and House (of Representatives)

  • Writes laws

  • Declares war

  • Makes the federal budget

  • One hundred (100)

  • Six (6) years

  • Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C. (or

  • Four hundred thirty-five (435)

  • Two (2) years

  • To more closely follow public opinion

  • Two (2)

  • Equal representation (for small states)

  • The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)

  • Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide

  • Mike Johnson

  • Johnson

  • James Michael Johnson (birth name)

  • Citizens of their state

  • People of their state

  • Citizens from their state

  • Citizens in their (congressional) district

  • Citizens in their district

  • People from their (congressional) district

  • People in their district

  • Citizens from their (congressional) district

  • (Because of) the state’s population

  • (Because) they have more people

  • (Because) some states have more people

  • Four (4) years

  • (Because of) the 22nd Amendment

  • To keep the president from becoming too powerful

  • Donald J. Trump

  • Donald Trump

  • Trump

  • JD Vance

  • Vance

  • The Vice President (of the United States)

  • Signs bills into law

  • Vetoes bills

  • Enforces laws

  • Commander in Chief (of the military)

  • Chief diplomat

  • Appoints federal judges

  • The President (of the United States)

  • The President (of the United States)

  • The President (of the United States)

  • The President (of the United States)

  • President (of the United States)

  • Cabinet

  • Federal departments and agencies

  • Advises the President (of the United States)

  • Attorney General

  • Secretary of Agriculture

  • Secretary of Commerce

  • Secretary of Education

  • Secretary of Energy

  • Secretary of Health and Human Services

  • Secretary of Homeland Security

  • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

  • Secretary of the Interior

  • Secretary of Labor

  • Secretary of State

  • Secretary of Transportation

  • Secretary of the Treasury

  • Secretary of Veterans Affairs

  • Secretary of War (Defense)

  • Vice-President

  • Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

  • Administrator of the Small Business Administration

  • Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

  • Director of the Office of Management and Budget

  • Director of National Intelligence

  • United States Trade Representative

  • It decides who is elected president.

  • It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection.

  • Supreme Court

  • Federal Courts

  • Reviews laws

  • Explains laws

  • Resolves disputes (disagreements) about the law

  • Decides if a law goes against the (U.S.) Constitution

  • Supreme Court

  • Nine (9)

  • Five (5)

  • (For) life

  • Lifetime appointment

  • (Until) retirement

  • To be independent (of politics)

  • To limit outside (political) influence

  • John Roberts

  • John G. Roberts, Jr.

  • Roberts

Updated on 31 Oct 2025