What is the job of the legislative branch?
Pass laws
How can citizens show civil engagement and influence government/policies?
Protesting/boycotting and appealing to elected officials.
How does the executive branch check the legislative branch?
The president can veto the bills/laws.
What was the abolitionist movement and name two key figures:
A movement demanding the end of slavery and the slave trade, viewing it as a profound moral evil.
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony
True or False: The constitution names the cabinet specifically.
false
How does the executive branch check the judicial branch?
They nominate judges to serve on the supreme court and other federal courts.
What was the women's suffrage movement?
The reform movement that worked to grant women the right to vote.
How do cabinet members get their jobs
The president nominates people and the senate confirms the nomination.
What is the system of checks and balances?
A system where power is divided among separate branches (Legislative, Executive, Judicial) to prevent any single branch from becoming too powerful.
Who is in charge of passing a yearly budget for the federal government?
Legislative Branch
How did Jackson expand presidential power?
Veto Power: He vetoed more bills than all previous presidents combined
What the responsibilities of the Cabinet
1. Ensure federal laws are carried out. 2. Advising the president on important issues
What is the primary job of the judicial branch and how does it check the legislative branch?
Judicial Review
The reason three times as many people voted in the presidential election of 1828 as voted in 1824?
What is by 1828, voting laws had been changed in most states to give all white men the right to vote?
Define Civic Responsibility
Civic responsibility means participating actively in public life. Citizens who protest and share their opinions about social issues are showing civic responsibility because they are being active participants in advocating for laws for their country.
Members: Includes the Vice President, heads (Secretaries) of 15 major departments (e.g., State, Treasury, Defense, HHS), and other designated high-level officials like the UN Ambassador or Chief of Staff.