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2. Who makes up the legislative branch?

3. The Senate and the House of Representatives

4. Who is the head of the executive branch?

5. The President

6. Who makes up the judicial branch?

7. The Supreme Court

8. What is the job of the judicial branch?

9. The judicial branch interprets laws and settles disagreements about laws.

12. What is the job of the legislative branch?

13. The legislative branch makes laws.

14. How many senators does each state send to the U.S. Senate?

15. Each state sends 2 senators to the U.S. Senate.

16. How many representatives does each state send to the House of Representatives?

17. It depends on how many people live in the state.

18. What is the job of the executive branch?

19. The job of the executive branch is to deliver and enforce the laws.

22. When an idea for a law is written down, it is called a ___________.

23. bill

24. If a bill passes both the House and the Senate, it goes to the _____________.

25. President

26. When a bill goes to the President, he/she can either ________ or _________.

27. The President can either sign the bill or veto it.

28. If the President vetoes a bill, what happens next?

29. The bill goes back to the House of Representatives and the Senate to try to get more votes (2/3). If it gets enough votes, the bill will become a law.

32. Explain why we need government
Explain why we need government. What might happen if there was no government?

33. Answers will vary.

34. Explain at least 2 rights Americans have that are given in the Bill of Rights.

35. freedom of speech, freedom of religion
Examples:
freedom of speech, freedom of religion

36. What are checks and balances?

37. The way in which the 3 branches of government keep each other from having too much power.

38. Which of the following does NOT describe our government?
constitutional
limited
representative
dictatorship

39. D

42. Give 2 examples of checks and balances.

43. Examples:
The President can veto a bill, the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional