Unit 2 Lesson 3 & 4

The three branches of government are the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the

• parliament
• judicial branch
• House of Representatives
• government

A plan that sets up how the US government works is called the

• Bill of Rights
• Executive branch
• Constitution
• Supreme Court

The 14th Amendment gives

• equal legal rights
• African American males the right to vote
• Woman the right to vote
• Freedom of speech

The 15th Amendment gives

• the right to vote to men
• African American males the right to vote
• Freedom of speech
• women the right to vote

The 19th Amendment gives

• equal legal rights
• freedom of speech
• African American males the right to vote
• women the right to vote

How is the Prime Minister of Canada chosen?

• They pick it out of a hat
• Parliament choses the Prime Minister
• The citizens vote for the Prime Minister
• The monarch chooses the Prime Minister

Parliament is the place where

• laws are made
• the monarch lives
• the Bill of rights was written
• the Prime Minister lives

A monarch is

• the president
• the governor
• a king or queen
• the prime minister

The head of Canada's government is

• president
• monarch
• king
• prime minister

A system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches is called

• federalism
• checks and balances
• amendment
• democracy