Branches and Levels of Government SOL review

What role is the President fulfilling while giving the State of the Union address?
Hint: State of the Union is a speech given to Congress and the people of the United States

• Chief of State

• Commander-in-Chief

• Chief Legislator

• Chief Executive

Who leads the executive branch at the local level in cities and towns?

• Council

• Board of Supervisors

• Clerk of Court

• Mayor

Which of these is a concurrent power?

Hint: concurrent means shared

• Declaring war

• Levying and collecting taxes

• Overseeing elections

• Coining money

What is one way the Legislative branch can check the power of the Executive branch?

• The legislative branch appoints federal judges

• The legislative branch can impeach the chief executive

• The legislative branch can use judicial review

• The legislative branch can nominate their own president to take over

What concept of American government does this image represent?

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Rule of Law

What US Supreme Court case established the ability of the courts to use Judicial Review?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Texas v. Johnson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Which of these are powers of local government?
Multiple answers may be correct

• Educate children

• Regulate land use

• Protect the environment

• Conduct foreign policy

Which of these are powers that the US constitution DENIES to all levels and branches of government?
Multiple answers may be correct

• Create laws

• Grant titles of nobility

• Conduct foreign policy

• Create ex post facto laws

This headline illustrates a power of which branch of government?

• State executive

• State legislative

• Federal legislative

• Federal judicial

This action is one way the president can influence...

• Judicial review

• Foreign affairs

• International trade

• National policies