Dead Presidents
Branches of Government
Ugh...the Government
WHY I KNOW THIS?
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7th president of U.S.

Andrew Jackson

100

branch of the government makes the laws for our nation

Legislative branch

100

what was John Marshall's occupution?

 a judge

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Based on a court’s written explanation (known as a decision or opinion) regarding how and why it applied the law to the facts of a case. Forms the basis for legal precedents (common law) that are followed by other courts and judges in similar cases.

Case Law

200

3rd president of the U.S.

Thomas Jefferson

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The president heads the                      of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

 Executive branch

200

Our Congress was created as a                 (or two-house) form of government.

bicameral

200

is when the court strikes down a duly enacted law created by Congress

Judicial activism

300

16th president of U.S

Abraham Lincoln

300

enforces the laws of the land.

Judicial Branch

300

This article of the Constitution outlines the office of president. Specific powers are few; almost all are exercised in conjunction with other branches of the federal government.

Article II

300

In 1789, Congress created the WHAT?

United States Court System

400

26th president of the U.S.

Theodore Roosevelt

400

This article of the Constitution, which establishes the Judicial Branch, leaves Congress significant discretion to determine the shape and structure of the federal judiciary.

Article III

400

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The Founders intended that              be seen as more closely representing the will of the people than the Senate.

the House

400

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Carved into the granite rock of South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore, 7,000 feet above sea level, are the faces of WHO? It was sculpted between 1927 and 1941.

Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

500

1st president of the U.S.

George Washington

500

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This article created Congress as the legislative, or lawmaking branch of the national government.

Article I

500

The                       is the head of state and head of government that is indirectly elected to a four-year term by the people through the Electoral College.

PRESIDENT
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                      is the head of state and head of government that is indirectly elected to a four-year term by the people through the Electoral College

The president

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