A. The ____________ Branch
1. Consists of the ___________. It is
___________ legislature meaning
consisting of _____ houses
2. The __________ of
Representatives currently has
______ members and it is based on
the _____________ of the state
3. The __________ always has
______ members because each
states gets 2 __________
4. The House of Representatives +
The Senate = ___________
B. What the Legislative Branch Does!
1. Makes _________ for the
__________
2. ___________ the annual
__________
3. Confirms ____________
appointments
4. Raises __________ through
_______ and other ________
5. Regulates ____________ and
foreign ___________
6. Declares __________
C. The _____________ Branch
1. Headed by the ___________ of the
United States and he is the Chief
___________ Officer of the Nation
D. What the Executive Branch Does!
1. ____________ the laws of the land
2. Prepares the annual
______________ for
_______________ action
3. ____________ cabinet officers,
_______________, and federal
_____________
4. Administers the federal
_______________
E. The ________________ Branch
1. Consists of the ____________
courts, including the
_____________ Court, the highest
court in the land
F. What the Judicial Branch Does!
1. The Supreme Court
_____________ the power of
_____________ Review
2. Judicial _____________ power of
the court to determine
____________________ of laws
and actions of the
___________________ branch
3. The federal court try cases
involving federal law and questions
involving _____________ of the
_______________ of the United
States
Summary:
1. The ____________ of the United States defines the structure and powers of the ________________ government. (It is the
Supreme Law of the land!!!)
2. The powers held by government are _____________ between the national government in Washington D.C. and the
_______________ of the 50 states.
Directions: For each box, label the branch of government (executive, legislative or judicial) and what power or job
the concept relates to.
Example:
In 1995, this branch placed
Consists of the federal
The 2015 federal budget is
December 7, 1941: War is
harsh trade embargos on
courts, including the
approved and contains
declared against Japan after the country of Iran.
Supreme Court, the highest $3.43 trillion in spending!!!
the Pearl Harbor attack.
Branch:
court in the land.
Branch:
Power:
Branch:
Power:
Branch: legislative
Power: declare war
Daniel Shapiro is confirmed
as the Ambassador to Israel.
Branch:
Power:
Tinker v Des Moines:
Students suspended for
wearing armbands
protesting the Vietnam War.
Supreme Courts says this
violated their freedom of
speech.
Branch:
Power:
In 2015, the federal
government took in $4.2
trillion in various taxes.
Branch:
Power:
An arms dealer is found
guilty of transporting
weapons from Virginia to
New York for sale (federal
law). He is sentenced to 15
years in prison.
Branch:
Power:
President Barak Obama
Immigration and Customs
currently leads this branch of Enforcement (ICE) agents
government.
stop illegal aliens at our
borders.
Branch:
Branch:
Power:
The proposed 2015 budget
cuts military spending by
$4 billion.
Branch:
Power:
It is called Congress. It has
two houses; the House of
Representatives and the
Senate. The HOR has 435
members and the Senate
has 100 members.
Branch:
This branch creates new
laws that protect your cell
phones from searches
without warrants.
Branch:
Power:
This bureaucracy consists of
15 departments and
hundreds of thousands of
employees.
Branch:
In 1980, Sandra Day
O’Conner is appointed as
the first women Supreme
Court Justice.
Branch that appoints her:
A truck driver travels from
VA to NC. He must follow
laws created by…
Branch:
Power:
Branch that approved her: