Review the U.S. Constitution

What is the function of the Legislative Branch?

• Makes laws

• Carries out laws

• Evaluates laws

What is the famous document that created the three branch structure?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Why did the people who wrote the Constitution create different branches of government?

• They liked the idea of three groups.

• To separate the powers of government so no one person or group would be able to create, administer, and enforce the laws.

True/False:  The President can "check" the Judicial Branch by appointing justices to the Supreme Court.

• True
• False

Which branch is divided into the House and the Senate?

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

Why were checks and balances necessary?

• Prevent any branch from becoming more powerful than the others
• Prevent the judicial branch from becoming more powerful than the executive
• Prevent the executive from being more powerful than the judicial
• Prevent the legislature from controlling the judical and the executive branches

Which branch has the power to impeach the president?

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

Shay's Rebellion helped prove what point?

• The federal government needed changing
• The states powers were too weak
• The Articles of Confederation were powerful
• George Washington was a great leader.

The ____________ is the branch of government that interprets the laws.

• executive branch

• tree branch

• judicial branch

• legislative branch

What was the name of this meeting where U.S. delegates created a new government for our nation?

• First Continental Congress

• Constitutional Convention

• Treaty of Paris

• Second Continental Congress