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32 Cards in this Set
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Legislative, executive, judicial |
What are the three branches of government? |
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The legislative branch |
The branch of government that makes laws, or rules that Americans must obey. |
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Congress |
What is another name for the legislative branch? |
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House of Representatives and the Senate |
What are the two branches of Congress? |
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Citizens of the United States |
Who elects members of Congress? |
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How many people does each state elect to the Senate? |
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The state’s population. |
Upon what does the number of people a state can elect to the House of Representatives depend? |
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Executive branch |
The branch of government responsible for carrying out the laws written by Congress |
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The president. |
Who is the head of the executive branch? |
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The president. |
Who is the head of our country’s armed forces? |
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The citizens vote in a national election. |
How is the president elected? |
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The president, the Vice President, and the Cabinet. |
Who is included in the the executive branch? |
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To advise the president on education, health, and the economy. |
What is he function of the Cabinet? |
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Judicial branch |
Which branch of government makes sure that our nation’s laws agree with the Constitution. |
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The Supreme Court. |
What is the highest level of the judicial branch? |
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How many judges make up he Supreme Court? |
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They aren’t elected. They are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate. They serve for their entire life. |
How are Supreme Court justices elected? How long do they serve? |
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The White House |
What building houses he executive branch? |
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The US Capitol |
What building houses the legislative branch? |
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To prevent the government from becoming too strong and threatening people’s rights. |
Why did the writers of the Constitution separate government into three branches? |
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Checks and balances. |
The system that prevents one branch of government from gaining too much power. |
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Rule it as unconstitutional. |
What can the Supreme Court do if a law does not agree with the Constitution? |
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Veto it. |
What can the president do if he doesn’t agree with a law passed by Congress? |
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If two thirds of its members vote for the law. |
How can Congress overrule a Beto by the president? |
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The House and Senate have to vote for it and pass it. |
What must happen to a law before it gets to the president’s desk? |
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Federal, state, and local. |
What are the 3 levels of government? |
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The governor |
Who is the head of the executive branch for a state government? |
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The mayor and other elected officials? |
Who runs local government? |
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Speed limits, littering, and how schools are run. |
What are some of the laws made by state governments? |
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Police, fire department, schools, and libraries. |
What are state taxes used to fund? |
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All the powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people. |
What does the 10th amendment to the Constitution say? |
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The sharing and division of power between the federal and state governments and he people. |
What is federalism? |
