1. GOVERNMENT… CONSTITUTION… PRINCIPLES of Government BILL OF RIGHTS
Organizes or Makes Rules for a Society. The US has a REPUBLICAN form of Government.
CONSTITUTION…
Document that spells out the rules of its country.
The US & TX Constitutions contain Articles (or sections)
Articles I.
II.
III.
IV. V.
PRINCIPLES
of Government
(Standards followed by authors of Constitution)
1. Limited Gov’t
2. Republicanism
3. Separation of Powers
4. Checks & Balances
5. Popular Sovereignty
6. Individual Rights
7. Federalism
BILL OF RIGHTS
aka
Individual Rights or Freedoms or Amendments 1-10

2. The Three Branches of Government

3. House of Representative
Legislative Branch
House of Representative
Senate
Serve a 2 year term
435 members
25 years old
Live in congressional district
7 year resident
Serve a 6 year term
100 members (2 per state)
30 years old
Live in state
9 year resident

4. Legislative Branch-Functions
Write bills (make laws)
Impeach and try government officials
Override presidential veto
Appropriate money
Approve president appointments
Ratify treaties
Establish lower courts
Establish post offices
Coin money
Regulate trade (commerce)
Declare war

5. Other Members include:
Executive Branch
President
Other Members include:
Serve a 4 year term
2 term limit (changed after F.D. Roosevelt with the 22nd amendment)
35 years old
Native born citizen
Live in the U.S. the last 14 years
Vice-President
Requirements are the same as president
Cabinet
Formal group of advisors to the president

6. Executive Branch-Functions
Enforce or carry out the laws
Call special sessions of Congress
Sign bills into laws
Commander in chief of the military
Chief of foreign affairs
Appoint judges
Makes or negotiates treaties

7. Judicial Branch-Functions
Supreme Court
Other Federal Courts
No requirements
Serve a life term with good behavior
9 members (includes one Chief justice)
Judicial Branch-Functions
Interpret laws
Interpret the Constitution

8. Name_________________
legislative
executive
judicial

9. The Three Branches of Government
structure
structure
structure
House of Representatives
President
Other
Members
Senate
Supreme Court
Other Federal Courts
Serve a ____ year term
____ term limit (changed after F.D. Roosevelt with the _____ amendment)
____ years old
_______ born citizen
Live in the _____ the last ____ years
Serve a __ year term
____ members
___ years old
Live in congressional _______
7 year ________
Serve a ___ year term
______ members (2 per _____)
___ years old
Live in ______
__ year resident
______-President
Requirements are the same as president
__________
Formal group of _______ to the president
___requirements
Serve a _______ term with good __________
____ members (includes one ________ justice)
function
function
function
Write ________(make _______)
___________ and try government officials
______________ presidential veto
Appropriate __________
____________ president ________________________
Ratify ________________
Establish lower courts
Establish ________ offices
Coin money
_______________trade (commerce)
_____________war
_________or carry out the laws
Call ____________ sessions of Congress
_________ ________ into laws
Commander in _________ of the military
Chief of _____________ affairs
____________ judges
Makes or negotiates ____________
____________ laws
Interpret the ____________________
The Three Branches of Government