Overview

Question 1

What are the the 3 branches of power in the constitution?

Answer 1

• legislature
• executive
• judiciary

Question 2

Briefly what power does the legislature branch hold?

Answer 2

Making laws

Question 3

Briefly what power does the executive branch hold?

Answer 3

Carries out laws

Question 4

Briefly what power does the judiciary branch hold?

Answer 4

Enforcing and interpreting laws

Question 5

What is the legislature branch broken into?

Answer 5

Congress
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Senate House of
Report

Question 6

What is the executive branch broken into?

Answer 6

President 
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    Vice President 
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         Cabinet

Question 7

What is the judiciary branch broken into?

Answer 7

Supreme Court
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Other federal courts

Question 8

What’s the constitution

Answer 8

The basic political and legal structure prescribing the rules by which a government operates. It may take the form of a codified document

Question 9

What are the four main reasons to have elections?

Answer 9

• to provided a way for the people to control their government and hold their elected officials to count
• to elect people to office
• to promote representative
• to stimulate public debates on those issues that most pressing important

Question 10

What do pressure groups seek to do?

Answer 10

• broaden citizens participating in politics
• engage in public educating on issues that affect their members
• influence the policy agenda of politicians both during and between elections