Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
Checks & Balances
Separation of Powers
100
Make the Laws
What does the Executive Branch do?
100
Judge (or interpret) the Law
What does the Judicial Branch do?
100
Making the Laws
What is the Legislative Branch responsible for?
100
The Supreme Court can use Judicial Review and declare a law unconstitutional
What is a check that the Judicial Branch can use on the Legislative Branch? (2 part answer)
100
Three (3)
How many branches of government are there?
200
The President
Who is the head of the Executive Branch?
200
The Judges and the Courts
What makes up the Judicial Branch?
200
The Senate and the House of Representatives
What two groups make up Congress?
200
How the 3 branches of government keep each other from having too much power
What does Checks and Balances mean?
200
The Legislative Branch
What branch does Congress belong to?
300
When the President refuses to sign a bill into a law.
What does veto mean?
300
When the Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
300
A bill
What is the rough draft of a law called?
300
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER!
Who has the POWER?
300
The Founding Fathers
Who came up with the idea of "Checks and Balances?"
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