Building the Government

What are the names of the three branches of our government?

• executive, legislative, judicial

• local, state, federal

• county, state, country

True of False: The Senate is part of Congress.

• True

• False

Our rights as US citizens are written in which of these documents?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Bill of Rights in the Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Gettysburg Address

What are the names of the 2 parts of the legislative branch of our government?

• Senate and House of Representatives

• Justices and Judges

• Mayor and President

• Public Works and Town Manager

What is the the job of Congress?

• To write the Constitution

• To write new laws and decide how to spend tax money

• To elect new officials

What is the job of the Supreme Court?

• To elect the President

• To make new laws

• To decide if laws agree with our Constitution

• To pay taxes

Strengths

*ability to declare war

*ability to make treaties

*ability to operate post offices

This information is found in what government document ?

• the Treaty of Paris of 1783

• The Franco American Treaty

• The Articles of the Confederacy

• The Articles of Confederation

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that it had __________ . 

• only an executive branch
• only a legislative branch
• only a judicial branch
• an executive and legislative branch

Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal Government
• State Governments
• Individual people
• States with larger populations

The Articles of Confederation made our country _________

• Strong

• Weak

• Powerful

• normal