Executive Branch
Who is the leader of the executive branch?
The President (U.S.)
The Governor (Minnesota)
Who is in the legislative branch?
Congress (U.S.)
State legislature (Minnesota)
Who is at the top of the judicial branch?
The U.S. Supreme Court (U.S.)
The Minnesota Supreme Court (Minnesota)
Name one executive department or agency.
Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Education (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), etc...
Name one law passed by Congress.
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Medicare and Medicaid Acts, etc...
Name one Supreme Court decision.
Roe v. Wade, Brown v. Board of Education, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Marbury v. Madison, etc...
Name someone who currently works in the U.S. or Minnesota executive branch.
Donald Trump (President), J.D. Vance (Vice President), Kristi Noem (Secretary of Homeland Security), Pam Bondi (Attorney General), Kash Patel (FBI Director), etc...
Tim Walz (Governor), Peggy Flanagan (Lt. Governor), Keith Ellison (Attorney General), etc...
Name someone currently in Congress or in the Minnesota State Legislature.
Ilhan Omar (U.S. representative), Tina Smith (U.S. Senator), Amy Klobuchar (U.S. Senator), etc...
Sydney Jordan (Minnesota representative), Doron Clark (Minnesota state senator), etc...
Name one current judge or justice.
John Roberts (U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice), Ketanji Brown Jackson (U.S. Supreme Court Justice), etc...
Natalie Hudson (Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice), Theodora Gaïtas (Minnesota Supreme Court Justice), etc...