Chapter 3 How Our Government Works

The executive branch

• carries out and enforces laws.

• makes laws

• interprets and applies laws

The judicial branch

• makes laws

• interprets and applies laws

• carries out and enforces laws.

The legislative branch

• makes laws

• interprets and applies laws

• carries out and enforces laws

The Judicial Branch is

(choose 2)

• headed by Congress

• makes sure laws are fair and applied the right way

• headed by the Supreme Court

• made up of two houses: The Senate and the House of Representatives

The Legislative Branch is

(choose 2)

• headed by Congress

• keeps the government running

• makes sure laws are fair and applied the right way

• made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives

The Executive Branch is

(choose 3)

• headed by the Supreme Court

• keeps the government running

• headed by Congress

• headed by the president

Which statements correctly describe ways a bill can become a law?

(Choose two)

• U.S. Citizens vote to pass a bill.

• Congress overrides a presidential veto with a two-thirds vote.

• The Supreme Court overrides Congress and the President, and signs the bill.

• The bill passes in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and is signed by the President.

The president and other Executive Branch officials have the power to carry out laws. This is an example of:

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

The Supreme Court can declare presidential orders unconstitutional. This is an example of:

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

Congress makes laws but the president can veto laws with at least a two-thirds vote. Congress can pass a law that the president vetoed. These examples best illustrates which idea?

• democracy

• federal system

• checks and balances

• separation of powers