How the government works REVIEW

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Establish justice: Hearing Supreme Court Cases, Giving aid during disasters, Building roads and schools

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Hearing Supreme Court Cases

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Insure domestic tranquility: Hearing Supreme Court Cases, Giving aid during disasters, Building roads and schools

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Giving aid during disasters

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Promote the general welfare: Hearing Supreme Court Cases, Giving aid during disasters, Building roads and schools

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Building roads and schools

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The United States Constitution created all of the following branches of government EXCEPT – Judicial, Executive, Administrative, Legislative

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Administrative

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You travel to Washington, D.C. on your vacation. First, you go to the Capitol building and meet your congressman and senator. Next, you watch as Congress a proposed law. Which branch of the government did you visit?

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Legislative Branch

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By a system of checks and balances among the three branches of government, what did the writers of the Constitution hope to avoid?

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Imbalance of power

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What power does the executive branch have over the judicial branch? Options: The power to ignore court decisions, The power to appoint federal judges, The power to hold press conferences, The power to veto congressional laws

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The power to appoint federal judges

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In the constitutional system of checks and balances, who can override the President’s veto of a law?

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Congress