Our Country's Government

Our Country's Government

President

• The leader of our country.

• The President and the cabinet make up the Executive Branch.

• The current president is Donald Trump.

Congress

• The part of our government that makes laws.

• Congress makes up the Legislative Branch.

• The Senate and House of Representatives make up Congress.

Supreme Court

• Made up of nine justices who make sure the laws are fair.

• The Supreme Court makes up the Judicial Branch.

• They make sure that laws are constitutional.

Multiple Choice

How many branches of government are there?

• 1

• 5

• 3

Alexander Hamilton

• A leader in our country.

• Believed that the country's capital should not be built on land that belongs to one state.

George Washington

• Our country's first president.

• The capital of the USA is named after him.

Pierre L'Enfant

• A French planner who designed Washington, D.C.

• He became angry and took his plans and left.

Benjamin Banneker

• Inventor

• Remembered L'Enfant's plans

• Drew the plans up to help design Washington, D.C.

John Adams

• Second President of the U.S.

• He was the first president to live in the White House.

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Abigail Adams

• John Adams' First Lady

Multiple Select

Which people were Presidents of the United States?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Benjamin Banneker

• John Adams

Multiple Choice

Who got angry and took his plans to build Washington, D.C. with him?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Pierre L'Enfant

• Abigail Adams

Philadelphia, PA

• The capital of the United States in 1783.

• Belonged to the state of Pennsylvania.

• Alexander Hamilton and others believed that the capital should be built on land that does not belong to one state.

Washington, D.C.

• Our country's capital.

• Named after President Washington.

• Home to our country's government.

• The President, Congress, and Supreme Court work here.

monument

• a building or statue built in honor of a person or an event.

• There are many monuments in Washington, D.C.

Multiple Choice

Where is our country's capital?

• Trenton, NJ

• Philadelphia, PA

• Washington, D.C.

Multiple Choice

The Lincoln Memorial is an example of a:

• home

• monument

• school