Listen to pupils of “Holosiivskyi” Kyiv lyceum № 241. They are discussing the parliamentary system of the USA together with their teacher Nataliia Tymoshyna.
After listening decide if the statements are true or false.
The colonies united after the Revolutionary War needed one strong national government.
The Constitution was written in 1878.
The Constitution is the highest law in the United States.
The US government consists of the Congress, the President and his helpers and the Supreme Court.
Congress meets in the city of New York.
In the Senate there are three hundred senators.
A senator’s term is five years.
A representative’s term is four years.
There are five judges in the Supreme Court.
In the House of Representatives there are more than five hundred congressmen.
The judges have to work in the Supreme Court for 10 years.
The American Constitution was written more than 200 years ago.
The President signs bills and then they become laws.
The Bill of Rights consists of the first 13 amendments.
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