Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution

What does the term ¨Checks and Balances¨ mean in terms of the United States Government?

• The Executive, Judicial, and Legislative Branches are equal in power and have limited power.

• The Executive Branch can order the Judicial and Legislative branches to create new laws and refute old laws.

• Judicial Branch can order the Legislative Branch to have the Executive Branch reinterpret the laws.

• The Legislative Branch can force the Judicial Branch to enforce the laws and the Executive Branch to write the laws.

* The highest law in the land

* Ratified in 1787 in Philadelphia, PA

* Signers are called the ¨Founding Fathers of the United States of America

* Defines the rights of all of the citizens of the United States

What document is being described?

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

• The Human Declaration of Rights

• The Holy Bible

The first ten amendments of the United States Constitution are known as what?

• The Rights of the U.S. Government

• The Rights of the States

• The Bill of Rights

• The Global Human Rights Amendments

* Makes the laws

* Approves the Federal Budget

* Declares war

What branch of government has these functions?

• Tree

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

* Comprises of the President of the United States

* Employs over 4,000,000 to assist in governing the U.S.

* Enforces the laws of the country

What branch of government is being described?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Oak

• Judicial

What is the fee that is demanded by the government to pay for public services called?

• tax

• price

• investment

• dividend

Which document written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by colonial leaders in 1776 that claimed rights that America as an independent country?

• Magna Carta

• U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Contract on America

What is the way the U.S. Constitution limits the powers of the three different branches of government known as?

• Balance of Power

• Legislative Branch over Executive but not over Judicial

• Judicial Branch over Executive and Legislative

• Executive Branch over the Judicial and Legislative

House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate make up what branch of government?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• Constitution

What country was democracy established?

• United States

• Russia

• Greece

• Great Britain