Legislative Branch

Why is the American government divided into three branches?

• To encourage tyranny

• To keep one branch from having too much power

• To make one branch the most powerful

• Because of Divine Right

People who live in a specific geographic area and are represented by a member of Congress:

• Constituents

• Politicians

• Lobbyists

• Democratic Warriors

We have a _________ legislature in America

The two chambers that makeup Congress are:

• The Senate and the Supreme Court

• The House and the Supreme Court

• The President and the House

• The House and the Senate

T/F: Expressed Powers of Congress are specifically listed in the Constitution

• True

• False

T/F: Implied powers are not listed in the Constitution, but exist to carry out expressed powers

• True

• False

Congress can oversee new branches of the military (Air Force, Coast Guard) because it is a what?

• Expressed Power

• Implied Powers

• Inherent Power

• Super Powers!

These are the powers that all world governments are assumed to have:

• Expressed

• Implied

• Inherent

• Government powers

This is the process of bringing a member of the Exec. or Judicial branch to trial:

• Impeachment

• Infringement

• Affirmation

• Defamation

The amount of Representatives a state has in the House is based on:

• All states have the same amount of representatives

• How many Republicans are in each state

• Which state makes the most money

• Population