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The Branches of Government Kaci Howe Edct 203 4/13/11

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  • 1. Kaci Howe Edct 2034/13/11

2. Three Different Branches ofGovernmentExecutive BranchLegislative BranchJudicial Branch 3. Executive Branch The Executive Branch is one branch out of the three that thePresident of the United States is the head of Its the Presidents job to make sure that the laws of theUnited States are enforced properly, with the help of the VicePresident and the Cabinet The President can either approve or veto (decline) laws thatare made 4. Legislative Branch The Legislative Branch is responsible for creating the laws that the Executive Branch and the citizens of the United States carry out Within Congress, which resides under the Legislative Branch, there are two subgroups: the House of Representatives and the Senate This creates balance within the Legislative Branch and equal opportunity to enforce their unique powers 5. Judicial Branch The Judicial Branch comes into action when the laws of the United States are broken by people, and the federal (national) court, known as the Supreme Court, is responsible for deciding what to do The Supreme Court has 9 people that are known as justices, including the head or Chief Justice Supreme Court Justices serve their term for life, unless they retire, resign, or are impeached (are made to step down for doing something wrong) 6. How Many Branches of GovernmentAre There in the United States? Five Three Eight Two 7. Incorrect AnswerClick me to try again 8. Correct!Click the smiley faceto go to the nextquestion 9. What Branch of Government does the Presidentof the United States work under?Legislative Judicial Executive None of these 10. Sorry! Thats not correct.Click on the faces to try again 11. Correct!Click on the pencil to go tothe next question 12. Who Creates the Laws of theUnited States? Judicial Legislative Branch BranchExecutive TheBranchPresident 13. Sorry!That answer isincorrectClick the picture to try again 14. Yes!You got the answer correct!Click the checkmark for the nextquestion 15. How many Supreme Court Justicesare there on the Supreme Court? NineTwelve EightFour 16. Oh no!That answer isincorrect Click the face to try again 17. Congrats!Correct!Click the face for thenext question 18. H l ong does each Supr em ow eC t Just i ce ser ve t hei r t er m our ? 10 years2 years 5 yearsFor Life 19. Sorry! That answeris incorrectClick the ghost totry again 20. Correct! Click the picture for the next slide