Exploring The Three Branches Of American Government

US Government

Mr. Caldwell

Constitution
Our government was designed and created by our founding fathers in the United States Constitution.

They decided that it was important to create a system in which no one person or organization could hold supreme power over the nation. The first three articles of the Constitution outlined the organization and structure of our government. Article One - Legislative Branch Article Two - Executive Branch Article Three - Judicial Branch

How Is Our Government Organized ?

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THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

The Legislative Branch

Has the power to Create and Vote on Laws Create and Collect Taxes Borrow Money, Regulate Commerce, and Coin Money Set apart funds for the Government, Army, and Navy Legislative Branch is made up of Congress Our Congress is made up of Two Houses |Senate|

|House of Representatives|

Two Houses of Congress

The Senate-

|Made up of 100 Members (Two from each

state)|

|Serve a six year term|

|Must be a citizen for nine years|

|Must be at least 30 years old|

THE EXECUTIVE Double-click to BRANCH enter title

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The Executive Branch

Composed of President, Vice President, and Cabinet President is the Chief Executive leader of the Nation and is the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy The President has the power to: |Approve or veto any law created by

Legislative|

|Make treaties with leaders of other countries|

|Authorize the use of troops overseas|

The Executive Branch

Vice President |Main role is as the president of the Senate|

|Becomes President if the current President is: |

|incapable of doing so, dies, or becomes impeached| Executive Cabinet |Chosen by the President and approved by

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The Judicial Branch

There are NINE Supreme Court Justices They are appointed by the President and serve for life The Supreme Court is the Highest court in our country Supreme Court Justices are responsible for casting their votes on important cases that are held before them Their Decisions on important landmark cases held before them create a precedent or way in which the law will be interpreted in the future.

WHY THREE BRANCHES?

Now that we are familiar with each of the three branches of government lets explore the system of Checks and Balances Our founding fathers created a system of checks and balances between each branch of the government in order to prevent any one branch or person from becoming too powerful.

Checks and Balances

The Executive Branch can veto bills passed by the Legislative branch. The President is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, but only Congress can declare War The Legislative Branch can create laws but the Judicial Branch can declare them as unconstitutional The Legislative Branch has to confirm the presidents cabinet members and can impeach the president The Judicial Branch can declare the presidents actions as unconstitutional

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