Unit 4 Review Assignment of Federal Government

What two things did the Founders place into the Constitution to try and prevent people from having too much power?

Three powers of the Legislative Branch?

• Judicial Branch

• collect taxes

• Legislative Branch

• deny or accept nominations by the president.

• Legislative Branch

• decide if laws are constitutional.

• Legislative Branch

• pardon criminals

• Executive Branch

• declare war

In a school project about the US government, Olivia, Benjamin, and Chloe are assigned to present on the Executive Branch. They decide to focus on its powers. What are three powers of the Executive Branch? (a)   (b)   (c)  

• Enforcing the Law

• Commander & Chief

• Appointing Heads of Government Departments

• Writing Laws

• Declaring Laws Unconstitutional

The power to collect taxes is a ​ (a)   of the legislative branch. ​ (b)   can allow the government to pay for programs that​ (c)   need. Another power of the legislative branch is the power to impeach officials. This means that if the Congress feels that a government official may have committed wrongdoing while in office, the House of Representatives​ can bring up charges of ​ (d)   This does not mean you are guilty of anything, but that you may have done something that could result in your loss of your position. The​ (e)   decides if you are guilty of the action or not. If so, you will lose your job. One final power of the legislative branch is to make all laws.

• Taxes
• people
• power
• impeachment.
• Senate

What are three checks that the Legislative Branch has on the Executive Branch? ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​

• override vetoes
• approve or deny treaties
• approve or deny appointments
• enforce laws
• command the military

What important powers does the Judicial Branch have?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• Review laws
• Declare laws unconstitutional
• Settle disputes between the states
• Speaker of the House
• Pardon Criminals
• Declare War

What is the president's most important role in our government?

• Command the Military

• Enforce all laws

• Pardon Criminals

• Propose laws

Why can't the President declare war?

• Because he does not have the power to do this?

• Because it would be too much power?

• Because the Judicial Branch does this?

• Because the Senate alone does this?

Pick the one check that the US Senate has on the president's power?​ (a)  

• confirming nominations
• Declaring war
• Enforcing the laws
• Overriding vetoes

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Executive Branch

,

(b) Legislative Branch

,

(c) Judicial Branch

• Command the military

• Decides cases

• creates a post office

• builds roads

• settles disputes between the states

• Propose laws

• Hears cases

• Headed by the Chief Justice

• approves treaties

• Declares War

• confirms appointments

• makes laws

• Declares laws unconstitutional

• Pardon criminals

• nominates judges

• enforcing laws

• veto bills

• Makes treaties