US Government Basics ESL

A set of rules written by the founding fathers in 1787.

• The Constitution

• The Magna Carta

• The Laws

• The 10 Commandments

The Magna Carta was

• a document that set rules for the United States in 1787

• a document that guaranteed rights to the people of England in 1215

• a group of people who make a decision in a legal case

Who are members of a country that can vote?

• judges

• senators

• representatives

• citizens

A form of democracy where citizens vote for their leaders

• autocracy

• dictatorship

• republic

• anarchy

A French philosopher who believed that people should choose how they are governed

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

• Jacques Cousteau

• Cory Booker

Head of the executive branch

• Supreme Court

• John Roberts

• Vice President

• Commander-in-chief

Congress is the Senate and __________________ .

• Supreme Court

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• The House

The government's power is divided in 3 branches. It provides ______________________ .

• The Senate and the cabinet

• a set or rules

• checks and balances

• the president and the vice president

John Locke was an English Philosopher who wrote that people

• have the right to free speech

• have the right to dance

• have the write to clean air and water

• have the write to life, liberty and personal property.

The Judicial branch, including the Supreme Court ________________ the law.

• approves

• interprets

• creates

• writes