Homework Read and understand pages 99-103. Vocabulary due Fri. Vocabulary. Vocabulary Quiz Fri.
In Class: Reading and understanding discussion. Review Questions covering last night's reading.
Bell work: Why is the phrase, "We the people" used in the Constitution?
Select the appropriate answer for each statement.
1. The executive branch is responsible
for
a. making laws.
b. passing laws.
c. carrying out laws.
d. distributing power.
2. The judicial branch of government
a. interprets laws and
punishes lawbreakers.
b. makes laws.
c. elects officials.
d. vetoes laws.
3. The federal court system is the
a. legislative branch.
b. judicial branch.
c. executive branch.
d. electoral branch.
4. The president can
a. appoint people to Congress.
b. make laws.
c. turn down proposed laws.
d. punish lawbreakers.
5. The legislative branch
a. elects the vice president.
b. makes laws.
c. establishes power.
d. elects judges.
6. The federal executive branch is
headed by
a. the Supreme Court.
b. Congress.
c. the president.
d. state officials.
7. Checks and balances ensure
a. that laws are made.
b. the power of the veto.
c. the lower courts’ power.
d. that no branch of government has
more power than another.
8. The powers of government are
balanced by
a. the president.
b. judges.
c. Congress.
d. being distributed among three
branches.
9. Overriding a presidential veto
requires
a. judges to intervene.
b. a two-thirds vote of both houses of
Congress.
c. a vote by the people.
d. the vice president’s approval.
10. The Supreme Court
a. interprets the meaning of laws.
b. can override a veto.
c. balances the three branches of
government.
d. can only have male justices.
Mr. Moore
