Executive Branch Checks and Balances

Executive Branch Checks and Balances

Each of the three branches of the national government limits the exercise of power by the other two branches.

Multiple Choice

Why are checks and balances important?

• They help the government get money.

• They increase power for the executive branch.

• They help prevent one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.

The president checks Congress when the president...

• proposes legislation

• prepares an annual budget for Congress to approve

• call special sessions of Congress

• vetoes legislation Congress has passed

Multiple Choice

How could the executive branch check the legislative branch?

• declaring a law unconstitutional
• approving the budget
• calling a special session of Congress
• overriding a veto

Multiple Select

True or False: The president checks Congress when the president proposes legislation.

• True

• False

Congress checks the president when legislators...

• override presidential vetoes

• impeach and convict a president

• approve the budget

• approve presidential appointments

The president checks the courts (Judicial Branch) when the president...

• appoints judges/justices

• grants pardons and reprieves

Open Ended

What are your thoughts about the president's power to pardon someone of a crime?

The courts check the president when judges/justices...

• declare executive actions to be unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of Executive Branch checks Judicial Branch?

• President appoints a new ambassador

• Congress overrides the President’s veto

• President issues a pardon

• Presidential order was declared unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

Who has the power to appoint judges?

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

Multiple Choice

What role is the President acting when he gives the State of the Union Address to Congress?

• chief diplomat
• chief legislator
• chief of state
• chief of party

Multiple Choice

Which role is the US President fulfilling when he meets with foreign leaders about treaties?

• chief of party
• chief executive
• chief legislator
• chief diplomat

Multiple Choice

If the president hosts a fundraiser for his fellow Republican candidates, which role is he playing?

• chief diplomat

• chief executive

• commander in chief

• chief of party

Poll

Rate your understanding of the executive branch.

• I completely understand everything I have learned so far.

• I understand most things that I have learned so far.

• I understand some things I have learned so far.

• I do not understand anything that I have learned so far.