The Executive Branch

What is the main job of the executive branch?

• To interpret laws

• To make laws

• To enforce laws

• To amend the constitution

Who is the leader of the executive branch?

• The President

• The Vice President

• The Speaker of the House

• The Chief Justice

Who was the first president of the United States of America?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

One of the duties of the Department of Treasury is:

• Print Currancy

• Overseeing the Department of Defense

• Regulating the education system

• Maintaining national parks

The president can sign bills into laws, but he can also _______ them.

• veto

• approve

• ignore

• amend

What keeps one branch of the government from becoming too powerful?

• Executive orders
• Checks and balances
• Judicial review
• Separation of powers

Select the two purposes of the system of checks and balances?

• To make sure the president does not become too powerful.

• To make sure the Supreme Court judges are elected.

• To make sure that one branch does not become more powerful than the others.

• To make sure judges make fair decisions in cases.

Which of the following is NOT a requirement to become the United States President?

• Must be a natural-born U.S. citizen

• Must be a boy

• Must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years

• Must be at least 35 years old

Match the following

• Appointed to the supreme court

• Laws

• People of a country

• Citizens

• Reject a decision or proposal

• Treasury

• The executive branch enforces these

• Veto

• This department prints money

• Justices

How does the executive branch have control over the judicial branch?

• The executive branch can remove judges

• The executive branch can appoint judges.

• The executive branch can get rid of the judicial branch

• The executive branch can make switch out judges when they want