Civics-Branches of Government

What are the 3 branches of Government?

• Executive, Constitution,

  State legislature

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

• Civil, Criminal, and Local

• Federal, State, and local

Answer explanation

L-E-J...........Legislative (laws) this is also Congress (house of representatives/senators)

Executive (president)

Judicial (courts)

Who is in the Executive Branch?

• The representatives

• The judges

• The President

• The people

What does the President in the Executive Branch do?

• Enforces the laws

• Interpret the laws

• Makes the Laws

Who is in the Legislative Branch?

• Congress- the House of Representatives and Senators make the laws

• The judges- so that they can interpret the laws

• The president so that he or she can enforce the laws

Who in the Judicial Branch?

• The law makers

• The President

• The Judges called Justices.

What are Justices and how many do we have?

• Judges- we have 6 Supreme Court justices

• Judges - we have 9 Supreme Court Justices

• Judges - we have 3 Supreme Court Justices

What is Congress?

• Congres is all the House of Representative members and Senators that make the laws

• Congress is a part of the Judicial branch

• Congress is the name for the heads of all the departments that advise the President

How many Senators do we have?

• 25

• 100

• 50- 2 for each State

How many House of Representatives members do we have?

• It depends on the Population- we have 435

• It depends on the Population- we have 100

• It depends on the population- we have 1000

What does the Legislative Branch do?

• This branch makes the Laws. This branch has Congress- House of Representatives and Senators.

• This branch enforces the laws and the President is in this branch.

• This branch is the court system and they interpret the laws.