Government L2 3 Branches of the Government

What are the three branches of the U.S. government?

• Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Senate
• the president, the House of Representatives, and the Senate
• legislative, executive, & judicial

This article describes the three branches of government and their responsibilities. Which branch does it describe first?

• the executive branch
• the judicial branch
• the legislative branch

Read these sentences from the text. "The people who wrote the Constitution did not want one person or group to have too much power. That was why they divided the government into three parts, known as branches." What can you conclude based on this evidence?

• The three branches of the government do not have the same amount of power.
• The people who wrote the Constitution wanted every American to help make laws.
• The people who wrote the Constitution did not want to have just one branch of government.

Which is an example of how one branch of government can be affected by the other branches?

• The executive branch includes the president, the vice president, and the Cabinet
• Justices on the Supreme Court are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate.
• Voters in each state elect their representation in the House and their senators to go to Congress.

What is the main idea of this article?

• The U.S. Constitution is the law of the land, and it lays out rules for the government and rights for the American people.
• The judicial branch decides on the meanings of the laws and whether laws break the rules of the U.S. Constitution.
• The U.S. Constitution says that the country must have a Congress, a Supreme Court, and a president.

 Read these sentences from the text. "The United States Constitution was written over two hundred years ago. It explains how the United States government should work. The people who wrote the Constitution did not want one person or group to have too much power. That was why they divided the government into three parts, known as branches." Why does the author begin this article by talking about the U.S. Constitution?

• to give the reader background information about why there are three branches of government
• to explain to the reader why the U.S. Constitution is the most important piece of writing in history
• to help the reader learn more about the history of the United States

Choose the answer that best completes this sentence. The legislative branch of government has the power to make laws, ______ the executive branch carries those laws out.

• so 
• because
• but