Democracy ; Unit 5

Branches of the Government

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

Legislative Branch - Makes up the laws
Executive Branch - Enforces the laws
Judicia Branch - makes sure the laws are fair, constitutional, and inteprets the laws.

Multiple Choice

Which are the 3 Branches of government?

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

• police, firefighters, and teachers

• regional, state, and local

• president, governors, and mayors

Taxes & Government

Taxes pay for goods and services, including:
Parks Fire Department
Roads Police Department
Schools
Libraries
The Military

Multiple Choice

Tax money MOST LIKELY pays for which job?

• Grocery Clerk

• Factory Worker

• Street cleaner

• Factory Worker

The Legislative Branch

Congress resides in the legislative branch

The House of Representative and the Senate makes up Congress

Multiple Choice

What are the two parts of the legislative branch of the US Government?

• President & Vice President

• The governor and the lieutenant govenor

• The Senate and the House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court and the district Court

Federal Branch of Government

On the national executive level of government the President is the leader of the country, the Governor is the leader of the state executive level, the Mayor is the leader of the city executive level

The federal branch of government is also called the national branch of government

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the three branches of the federal government?

• executive

• secretarial

• legislative

• judicial

State Executive Level Branch of Government

On the national executive level of government the President is the leader of the country, the Governor is the leader of the state executive level, the Mayor is the leader of the city executive level

Your state's governor is Brian Kemp - he is the Governor of Georgia and is part of the Executive Branch of State Government

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the governor of Georgia is correct?

• The governor is the head of the Georgia general assembly

• The governor is the head of the Supreme Court of Georgia

• The governor is the head of the executive branch of the state government

• The governor is the head of the legislative branch of the state government

Multiple Choice

The legislative branch of the US government is responsible for:

• Making laws

• Enforcing Laws

• Amending Laws

• Interpreting Laws

Judicial Branch

The judicial branch makes sure the laws are fair. They also make sure that laws are interpreted and constitutional.

All courts fall under the judicial branch
National - Supreme Court
State - State Court
Local - County Court

Multiple Choice

The judicial branch of the US government is responsible for

• making laws

• enforcing laws

• amending laws

• interpreting laws

Executive Branch of Government

Executive branch enforces laws

It also consist of the President, Vice President, and Cabinet members

Multiple Choice

The executive branch of the US government is responsible for

• making laws

• enforcing laws

• amending laws

• intepreting laws

Read the text

Florida and Georgia both use water from the same river. The governor of Florida thinks that Georgians are using too much water. The governor of Georgia disagrees. The governors cannot agree on who owns the water.

Multiple Choice

From the last slide, what part of government will help the states resolve their problems?

• The US Senate

• The president of the United States

• the Supreme Court

• the US House of Representatives

When Congress pass laws, everyone who lives in the United States must follow them.

Multiple Choice

What is true of the laws that Congress passes?

• They must be followed by everyone in the United States

• They can be ignored by individuals
• They are suggestions for citizens to follow
• They only apply to certain states

Read the text

Recently, the president signed a bill into law. The law makes all schools in the United States teach the same thing to students. Many people do not think that the federal government has the power to control what schools can teach. They think that the law is unconstitutional because the Constitution gives that power to the states.

Multiple Choice

Which part of the government will decide if the law is constitutional?

• the Senate

• the vice president

• the Supreme Court

• the House of Representatives