1. American History Do Now:
What does the 10th Amendment say about the powers of the United States Government provided by the Constitution?

2. Branches of Government
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Branches of Government

3. What’s in the branch. Who’s a member. How they get there.
What they do.
Overview

4. Legislative
Branch

5. How many governing bodies are in the branch?
TWO
What’s In The Branch

6. What’s In The Branch Parts of the same family. But two very
different roles.
What’s In The Branch

7. Senate
House of
Representatives
(Notes)

8. Who’s A
Member

9. House Senate of Representatives Senators Representatives
Who’s a Member

10. How They
Got There

11. What was Montesquieu’s theory?
Republic
How They Get There

12. What was Montesquieu’s theory?
Republic
What is a republic?
How They Get There

13. What was Montesquieu’s theory?
Republic
What is a republic?
The people control the government.
How They Get There

14. What was Montesquieu’s theory?
Republic
What is a republic?
The people control the government.
How do people control the government?
How They Get There

15. How They Get There (notes)
What was Montesquieu’s theory?
Republic
What is a republic?
The people control the government.
How do people control the government?
By electing Senators & Representatives.
How They Get There (notes)

16. They get into the Legislative branch by…
people voting on them.
How They Get There

17. What
They Do

18. They sit
in big
comfortable
chairs.
What They Do

19. They talk ALOT.
What They Do

20. Their main job is to make laws that we want.
What They Do (notes)

21. Executive
Branch

22. What’s
In The
Branch

23. President
What’s In The Branch

24. Vice President
What’s In The Branch

25. Presidential Cabinet What’s In The Branch
16 officials in charge of everything from Foreign Policy to Education to Veterans Affairs.
What’s In The Branch

26. Who’s
In the
branch

27. President
Vice President
Cabinet Officials
Who’s In (notes)

28. How they
got there

29. How They Got There (notes)
President…elected by the people.
How They Got There (notes)

30. How They Got There (notes)
Vice President…picked by the person running for President.
How They Got There (notes)

31. How They Got There (notes)
Cabinet…picked by the President & confirmed by the Senate.
CABINET
How They Got There (notes)

32. What
they Do

33. Give speeches
What They Do

34. They enforce the laws of the nation.
What They Do (notes)

35. Judicial
Branch

36. What’s
In The
Branch

37. What’s In The Branch (notes)
Courts
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
District Court
Bankruptcy Court
What’s In The Branch (notes)

38. Who’s
In the
branch

39. Who’s In The Branch (notes)
Judges or Justices
Who’s In The Branch (notes)

40. How they
got there

41. Graduate College
Graduate Law School
How They Got There

42. Be a successful lawyer.
How They Got There

43. How They Got There (notes)
The President nominates you for the court…
How They Got There (notes)

44. How They Got There (notes)
Confirmed by the Senate.
How They Got There (notes)

45. What
they Do

46. They
study the
law…

47. They
interpret
the law.
What They Do

48. ALSO…
Anybody?

49. They talk
until their
heads explode.
boom
Exploding
Head