Citizenship
Citizenship definition
The state of being a member of a particular country and having rights and privileges because of it
The 3 branches of govenment
What is Legislative, Executive and Judicial
What is checks and balances
A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from having too much power.
Duty definition
Something that one is expected or required to do by moral obligation
Each branches primary role
Legislative - Make laws
Executive - Enforce laws
Judicial - Interpret laws
What is one way the legislative branch can check the power of the executive branch?
By overriding a presidential veto with a two-thirds vote in both houses.
Obligation definition
An act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound. Negative consequences will occur if avoided.
Highest authority in each branch
Legislative - Congress (House and Senate)
Executive - The President
Judicial - The Supreme Court
How can the judicial branch check the power of Congress?
By declaring laws unconstitutional (Supreme Court decisions become the law of the land)
The document that formed the U.S as a country
The Declaration of Independence
What branch of government has the power to declare war?
Congress
(The President may be given temporary military power to fight foreign conflicts without declaring war)
What role does the Senate play in checking the President’s power to make treaties?
The Senate must approve treaties with a two-thirds vote
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence (2+ people)
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston
"There, John Bull can read my name without spectacles!"
Each branch has its own distinct powers and can check the powers of the other branches through separation of powers