General
What are the 3 branches of government? (Refer to Graphic Organizer)
What is, the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch.
What does the executive branch do?
What is executes the laws/enforces the laws?
What does the judicial branch do?
What is interprets the laws?
What 3 checks does the Executive Branch have over the Legislative Branch? (Refer to Graphic Organizer)
- Can Propose Laws
- Can Veto Laws
- Negotiate Foreign Treaties
What are the 3 levels of government? (Refer to Graphic Organizer)
What is Federal, State, and Local
Who is the leader of the executive branch at the federal level?
What is President Biden (US just elected Trump who will take over in 2025)
Process of asking a higher court to review your case after a bad outcome/result ("asking for the manager" judicial style)
What is appeal?
What are the two parts of Congress at the federal level? (Bicameral legislature)
What is House of Representatives and the Senate
What 2 checks does the Executive Branch have over the Judicial Branch? (Refer to Graphic Organizer)
- Appoints Federal Judges
- Can Grant Pardons to Federal Offenders
Separation of powers and the 3 branch system (explain what it is!)
What is each branch has its own powers and limits so that no one branch of our government could become too powerful. (Or other good explanation)
Who is the leader of the executive branch at the state level?
Governor Roy Cooper (NC just elected Josh Stein who will take over in 2025)
The two levels of the judicial system and what laws they interpret
State and federal - state interprets state law, federal interprets federal and Constitutional law
How many senators from each state are in the Senate?
What is 2 senators
What checks does the Legislative Branch have over the Executive Branch? (Refer to Graphic Organizer)
- Can Override President Veto
- Can Declare War/NOT declare war
- Can Impeach and Remove Presidents
Checks and balances (explain what it is!)
What is each branch is restrained, "checked", by the other two branches in several ways. This ideally balances the powers of the branches of government and prevents overreach/tyrannical government. (Or other good explanation)
Who is the leader of the executive branch at the local level?
Mayor
Number of justices on the NC Supreme Court plus the number of justices on the US Supreme Court
7 + 9 = 16
Number of representatives from each state in the House of Representatives
What is, it depends on each state's population?
What checks does the Legislative Branch have over the Judicial Branch? (Refer to Graphic Organizer)
- Can Impeach and Remove Justices
- Can Propose Amendments to Overrule Judicial Decisions
Federalism (explain what it is!)
What is the federal government and state government have separate and shared powers; when the federal and state laws conflict, the federal law is superior. (Or other good explanation!)
Name two other job positions held in the executive branch at the federal level.
What is Vice-President, Cabinet Members (Secretary of ___/Attorney General), heads of executive agencies/government corporations (USPS!)
Judicial Review comes from this case
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Number of representatives in the House and the Senate
What is 435, 100?
What checks does the Judicial Branch have over the Executive Branch and Legislative Branch? (Refer to Graphic Organizer)
- Can Declare Executive Actions Unconstitutional
- Can Declare Congress Actions/Laws Unconstitutional