Checks and Balances

Which branch includes the president, vice president, and agencies such as the FBI?

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Which branch includes the supreme court and lower courts?

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Which branch includes congress?

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Which branch makes the laws?

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Which branch interprets the laws? (clarifies what they mean)

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Which branch enforces and carries out the laws?

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Which one is an example of checks and balances?

• the supreme court makes a decision in a trial

• the president picks a vice president

• the president vetos a bill passed by congress

• members of congress discuss an idea for a bill

Who can impeach the president?

• the vice president

• the military

• the supreme court

• congress

When the supreme court cancels a law passed by congress, this is called...

• impeachment

• veto

• judicial review

• the legislative process

A government by the people for the people is called...

• authoritarian

• dictatorship

• democracy

• monarchy