“Capital is dead
labor, which,
vampire-like, lives
only by sucking
living labor, and
lives the more, the
more labor it
sucks.”
Karl Marx
Name ____________________________ Period___________________
CHECKS AND BALANCES WORKSHEET
Directions: Identify the correct branch of government and write it in
the space below.
1. The President vetoes an Energy bill passed by the House and
Senate because it does not allow for drilling in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge.
This is an example of the ______________________ branch checking the
____________________________branch.
2. Congress impeaches a Supreme Court Justice for committing tax
fraud.
This is an example of the ______________________ branch checking the
____________________________branch.
3. The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President Grover’s executive
act is unconstitutional.
This is an example of the ______________________ branch checking the
____________________________branch.
4. The Senate rejects the President’s appointment, Judge Smith, to
the Supreme Court because of her anti-environmental views.
This is an example of the ______________________ branch checking the
____________________________branch.
5. The President calls a special session of Congress, requiring all the
members to return to Washington, D.C. from their July recess.
This is an example of the ______________________ branch checking the
____________________________branch.
U.S. Soldiers Return Home To Labor Market With Few
Opportunities.
Do you think the Federal Government should do more to
ensure soldiers have jobs when they return home from
Overseas?
A
principle of government that defines the
relationship between the central
government at the national level and its
constituent units at the regional, state, or
local levels.

Dual Federalism “Layer cake Federalism”is the idea that the union and the state
share power but the Federal Government holds more than the individual states. This is
currently how the U.S. system works. Example?


Cooperative Federalism “marble cake Federalism” is the idea that the federal
government and the state government share power equally. Example?

Fiscal Federalism is the type of Federalism in which the money bag controls
everything. This gives Congress massive amounts of power as it is responsible for the
American treasury. Example?

Creative FederalismThe key aspects of Creative Federalism or "picket fence
federalism" is that the federal government determined the needs of the states and
provided services for them. In this case, the federal government works directly for the
states, and caters to their needs. Example?


New Federalism was created in response to the power the state governments lost
due to the enforcement of civil rights and President Roosevelt’s New Deal in the
1960's. This type of federalism returned rights to the local and state governments and
turned federal government powers over to the lesser governments. Example?
•declare and engage in war
•conduct elections
•print and coin money
•govern marriage laws
•maintain an army, navy, and air force
•regulate interstate and foreign commerce
•regulate intrastate commerce
•punish lawbreakers
•levy and collect taxes
•protect the rights of citizens
•set traffic standards
•admit new states
•provide for public safety
•borrow money
•establish and maintain schools
•negotiate treaties with foreign countries
•protect public health
•determine the qualifications of voters
•set up a post office
•set rules for immigration
•maintain the state militia (also known as the National Guard)
 1,836
people died in the hurricane
 Flooding that followed in late August 2005,
and millions of others were left homeless
along the Gulf Coast
 New Orleans,experienced the highest death
toll.
 Please
define the following:
 1. Grants-in Aids
 2. Categorical Grants
 3. Block grants
Please
read pages 97-102
Answer
in complete
sentences questions 1-6
Copy
and Answer
questions 1-3
 Facts

Maryland (P) enacted a statute imposing a tax on all banks
operating in Maryland not chartered by the state. The statute
provided that all such banks were prohibited from issuing bank
notes except upon stamped paper issued by the state. The
statute set forth the fees to be paid for the paper and
established penalties for violations.

The Second Bank of the United States was established pursuant
to an 1816 act of Congress. McCulloch (D), the cashier of the
Baltimore branch of the Bank of the United States, issued bank
notes without complying with the Maryland law. Maryland sued
McCulloch for failing to pay the taxes due under the Maryland
statute and McCulloch contested the constitutionality of that act.
The state court found for Maryland and McCulloch appealed.
 Chapter
 Please
5
define the 30 vocabulary terms
sections 1-4.

Do violent video
games contribute to
youth violence?

Is sexual orientation
determined at birth?

Should prostitution be
legal?

Should felons be
allowed to vote?

Should euthanasia or
physician-assisted
suicide be legal?

Should adults have
the right to carry a
concealed handgun
 1.
Identify two ways the Legislative branch
checks the Judicial branch.
 2.
Identify three ways in which the Executive
branch checks the Legislative Branch?
 3.How
does the legislative branch check the
executive branch?