1. Who has power in your family?

2. Three Branches of the Federal Government
1- Executive
2- Judicial
3- Legislative
Each branch is responsible for carrying out different duties.
Dividing the government into separate branches, each with its own powers, is called the separation of powers.

3. Executive Branch Members: President, Vice President, helpers
Function: place all laws into effect and make sure they are carried out
Check: Legislative and Judicial

4. Judicial Branch Members: Supreme Court and all lower federal courts
Functions: interprets laws, decides cases in federal laws, and settle trouble between states
Checks: Executive and Legislative

5. Legislative Branch Members: Senate, House of Representatives, Congress
Function: the power to create laws needed to successfully run the country
Checks: Executive and Judicial

6. What would happen if the scale had more weight on one side than the other side?

7. Uneven balance

8. Checks and Balances
No one of the three branches of the government can become too powerful.
To prevent this, the Constitution provides that each part of the government is carefully held in check by the other two.

9. Borrow money to pay expenses
Federalism -Division of power between state and federal government -Constitution gives powers to federal government, powers not listed go to the state
Reserved Powers
Powers granted to the state governments
Laws are different or vary from state to state.
Ex: drinking, driving, marriage
Delegated Powers
Powers granted to
the federal government
Laws the same
in all states
Ex: voting,
money, stamps,
maintain army
and navy
Concurrent Powers
(SHARED POWERS)
Impose taxes
Establish courts
Regulate banks
Borrow money to pay expenses
Build roads
Provide Welfare