3 Branches of Government

Quick Review!

Multiple Choice

How many branches of government are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Select the members of the Legislative Branch from below.

• Vice President

• Congress

• Senate

• House of Representatives

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Which branch is the House of Representatives in?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

How is power divided in the US government?

• Power is divided two ways:

• Federalism: Power is divided between the Federal (national) level of government and the states' governments.

• Branches of Government: At both the Federal and state levels of government, the power to make, enforce, and interpret laws is broken up into different offices.

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What are the two ways that the power is divided in the US government?

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• Federalism

• Branches of government

• House of Representatives

• Senate

Where does it say that power is divided?

• Countries usually have a document that explain how the government works.

• These are called constitutions.

• The US Constitution is the supreme law of the land, meaning that everything the government does, MUST agree with what the Constitution says.

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What is the supreme law of the land?

• Words of the president

• Referendum passed by the people

• The US Constitution

• Laws passed by Congress

The Power to Make Laws

• One power in government is to write bills that can become laws.

• The Legislative Branch has this power, as explained in Article I of the Constitution

• It consists of Congress: The House of Representatives and the Senate.

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What jobs are the Congress responsible for?

• lives in the White House.

• Coming up with bills or ideas that they would like to become laws.

• Write and vote on which bills will become laws in the United States.

• Decide if a person is innocent or guilty of a crime.

• Remove laws that are unfair.

Multiple Choice

The Senate is based on equal representation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who has the power to make laws?

• The president

• The House and the Senate

• The Supreme Court

• The People

Multiple Choice

The Senate is based on population.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which branch is the Supreme Court in?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

Multiple Choice

The House of Representatives is based on population.

• True

• False

The Power to Enforce the Laws

• Another power is to enforce the laws that have been passed.

• The Executive branch has this power, as explained in Article II of the Constitution.

• It includes the president and vice president as well as the different Cabinet departments that overseas many issues.

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Who is NOT part of the Executive Branch?

• President

• Vice President

• Cabinet secretaries

• Supreme Court Justice

The Power to Interpret the Laws

• The last power that is the ability to interpret laws or explain what they mean.

• The Judicial Branch has this power, as explained in Article III of the Constitution

• It is composed of the Supreme Court.

Multiple Choice

Who has the power to review and interpret laws?

• The Supreme Court

• The House of Representatives

• The President

• The Senate

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Who chooses the Supreme Court Justices?

• The President

• The Vice President

• Congress

• Senate

Checks and Balances

• In order to keep the three branches from trying to grab too much power or authority, each branch can "check" or stop the others.

• Powers are "balanced" or divided evenly so that no branch can easily take more power.

Important Checks and Balances

• The president can choose to veto or reject bills passed by Congress.

• The House can impeach (charge with a crime) presidents or justices and the Senate can convict them.

• The Supreme Court can use judicial review, deciding that laws passed by Congress and signed by the President are invalid as they conflict with the Constitution.

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Multiple Choice

Who vetoes laws?

• Legislative

•   Executive

• Judicial

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Who interprets laws?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

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Who makes laws?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

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Who enforces laws?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

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What does it mean for the President to veto a bill?

• The President approves of the bill.

• The President does not approve of the bill.

• The President believes the law is unconstitutional.

• The President thinks the bill is a perfect.

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What is the Constitution?

• A list of our past presidents

• A written plan for how our government will work

• A timeline of US history

• A letter from the first president

Multiple Choice

This branch of government has the power to approve or veto bills.

• The legislative branch

• The executive branch

• The judicial branch

Multiple Choice

This branch of government has the power to overrule the President's veto with a 2/3 vote.

• The legislative branch

• The executive branch

• The judicial branch

Multiple Choice

Who is the leader of the executive branch?

• Congress

• The President

• Courts and judges

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Who is the leader of the legislative branch?

• Congress

• The President

• Courts and judges

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Who is the leader of the judicial branch?

• Congress

• The President

• Courts and judges

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What does it mean for a law to be unconstitutional?

• It means it limits the power of another branch of government.

• It means the law follows the Constitution.

• It means the people don't like the law.

• It means the law limits the rights of the people.

Open Ended

**BONUS**

Let's see if you can remember from the 13 colonies....

Why did the Puritans migrate to the New England colonies?