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Governments in the United States
Learning objectives:
1. Understand how the United States government functions
2. Name and understand the three branches of the U.S. government
3. Understand the different powers that come from state and federal governments
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Separation of Powers
• Safety feature to ensure that no person would ever have full control of the government
• Divides both the federal and state governments into three branches
1. Legislative branch
2. Executive branch
3. Judicial branch
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Legislative branch
• Makes the laws
• Made up of the two houses of Congress (Senate & House of Representatives)
• 435 members in the House of Representatives
• Must be 25 years of age and a citizen of the U.S. for minimum of 9 years
• Two year terms
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Legislative branch continued…
• Senate is made up of 100 members
• Must be at least 30 years old
• Must be a citizen of the United States for minimum of 9 years
• Six year terms
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Executive branch
• At the federal level, this branch is headed by the President and Vice President
• Both houses of Congress and the President must support a bill in order to make it a law
• Includes 15 departments which are headed by a “secretary”
• Deal with almost every aspect of American life
• Appointed by the President
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Executive branch
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Judicial branch
• System of courts headed by a judge or justices
• Conducts trials
• Interpret laws passed by the executive and legislative branches
• Used at the federal and state level
• Life terms in the Supreme Court
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Safety Features
• Balance of Power/Checks and Balances
• Used so that none of the three branches can rule the other two
• Division of Power- separates the federal and state government
• Delegated powers- powers given to the federal government from the states
• Reserved powers- powers kept by the states for themselves
• Concurrent powers- shared powers by both federal & state governments
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Think-Pair-Share
• What would happen if our government did not have these safety features in place?
• Do you think having these safety features is necessary?