Separation of Powers Assesment

Which power allows the president to balance the power of congress?

• Veto bills
• Appoint federal judges
• Grant pardons
• Commander and Chief

What power does Congress have that keeps the president in check?

• Create laws
• Tax the country
• Regulate Commerce
• Impeachment

What are the three branches of the US government?

• Executive, Judicial, and Legislative
• Executive, State, and Legislative
• House of Burgesses, Judicial, and Legislative  
• Federal, State, and  Local

Is national law supreme to state law?

• True
• False

How much of the House and the Senate are required to propose an amendment?

• 3/6
• 3/4
• 5/8
• 2/3

What is the jurisdiction that the supreme court uses for Ambassadors, ministers, and consuls?

• Appellate
• Original

What article states that all government officials must act in accordance to the constitution?

• Article 3
• Article 5
• Article 6
• Article 1

What branch of Government can issue pardons?

• Executive
• Judicial
• Legislative

The Supreme Court uses appellate jurisdiction for ambassadors.

• True
• False

Who said this Quote "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."

• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Donald Trump