1. Virginia’s Government
Katelyn Ohlstein

2. Federal Government
What is the name of the document that set up the structure of our nation’s government?
What are the three branches that the Constitution set up called?
What is the official name of our legislative branch? What are the two houses that make it up called? What is the job of the legislative branch?
Who is in charge of the executive branch? What is the job of the executive branch?
What does the judicial branch do? What is the official name of the judicial branch?

4. Virginia’s Government
What the name of the document that set up the structure Virginia’s Government? What is the name of the document that goes over the basic rights of Virginia’s citizens?
What are the three branches that Virginia’s state constitution set up called?
What is the official name of Virginia’s legislative branch? What are the two houses that make it up called? What is its job?
Who is in charge of Virginia’s executive branch? What is the job of the executive branch?
What does the judicial branch do? What is the name of Virginia’s judicial branch?
SOUND FAMILIAR??

6. The Constitution James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution”
Based off of what we’ve learned, which two documents had significant influence on what was put into the Constitution?
How did the first constitution of Virginia influence the writers of the US Constitution?
How did the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom influence the US Constitution?
Who wrote the first VA Constitution, and who wrote the VA Statute of Religious Freedom?