The 3 branches of Government in the US: the Federal Government

Question 1

What are the 3 branches of the constitution?

Answer 1

-legislative
-executive
-judicial

Question 2

What is the Legislative in the Constitution?

Answer 2

-Congress

Question 3

What is the Congress?

Answer 3

-House of Representatives
-Senate

Question 4

What is the Executive in the Constitution?

Answer 4

-President

Question 5

What is the Judicial in the Constitution?

Answer 5

-Supreme Court

Question 6

What does the Congress do?

Answer 6

-approve or disapprove a law

Question 7

As well as the Federal Government who else are US citizens governed by?

Answer 7

-state powers

Question 7

What is Congress and the Supreme Court not an even split of?

Answer 7

-Democrats and Republicans

Question 8

As well as the Federal Government, What else governed US citizens?

Answer 8

State powers

Question 9

What did National Powers have control over?

Answer 9

-maintain military
-declare war
-establish postal system
-set standards for weights and measures
-protect copyrights and patents

Question 10

What did state powers have control over?

Answer 10

-establish local governments
-set up schools
-regulate state commerce
-make regulations for marriage
-establish and regulate corporations

Question 11

What shared powers were there between the national powers and the state powers?

Answer 11

-collect taxes
-establish courts
-regulate interstate commerce
-regulate banks
-borrow money
-provide for the general welfare
-punish criminals

Question 12

What was the issue with Americans living under both national and state governments to do with the President?

Answer 12

-the president could pass a law and it could be interpreted differently in different states eg abortion laws

Question 13

What are the Republicans?

Answer 13

-Now associated with conservative policies, a belief in big business and reduced government. At the beginning of our time period they were more sympathetic to civil rights

Question 14

What are the Democrats?

Answer 14

-They are associated with reform in the north for most of our period but segregation and restriction in the south

Question 15

Who are typical voters of Republicans?

Answer 15

-wealthier backgrounds
-rural
-believe in individualism
-lower tax rates

Question 16

Who are typical voters of Democrats?

Answer 16

-more average background
-urban->more modest income
-believe in greater support
-if higher taxes, more for wealthy

Question 17

How are presidents affected by congress?

Answer 17

-Presidents are affected by Congress who can make it difficult to pass laws if they hold an opposition party majority

Question 18

Who in the Executive Branch carries out laws?

Answer 18

the President

Question 19

Who in the Legislative Branch makes laws?

Answer 19

Congress

Question 20

Who in the Judicial Branch interprets laws?

Answer 20

Supreme Court

Question 21

What does the Judicial Branch do with the Executive Branch?

Answer 21

-can declare executive actions unconstitutional

Question 22

What can the Judicial Branch do with the Legislative Branch?

Answer 22

-can declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

Question 23

What can the Legislative Branch do with the Executive Branch?

Answer 23

-can override President’s veto
-confirms executive appointments
-ratifies treaties
-can declare war
-appropriates money
-can impeach and remove President

Question 24

What can the Legislative Branch to with the Judicial Branch?

Answer 24

-creates lower federal courts
-can impeach and remove judges
-can propose amendments to overrule judicial decisions
-approves appointments of federal judges

Question 25

What can the Executive Branch do with the Legislative Branch?

Answer 25

-can propose laws
-can veto laws
-can call special sessions of Congress
-makes appointments
-negotiates foreign treaties

Question 26

What can the Executive Branch do with the Judicial Branch?

Answer 26

-appoints federal judges
-can grant pardons to federal offenders