1. Chapter 7, Part II Organization and Execution

2. Goals of Our Government
1. To Form a More Perfect Union
2. To Establish Justice
3. To Insure Domestic Tranquility
4. To Provide for the Common Defense
5. To Promote the General Welfare
6. To Secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and Our Posterity

3. House of Representatives
The Constitution
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Senate
President
U.S. Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Vice-president

4. The Articles I. The Legislative Branch II. The Executive Branch
III. The Judicial Branch
IV. The States
V. Amending the Constitution
VI. The Supremacy of the Constitution
VII. Ratification

5. Legislative Branch Congress Senate 6. Make laws / Bill 100 435
House of Representatives
Number of members
How elected/ constituents represented
Title of members
Length of term
Title of Presiding officer
Name of current presiding officer
Unique responsibilities
100
435
By voters in their district
By voters in the whole state
Senators
Representatives
6 years
2 years
Speaker of the House
President
Barack Obama
Nanci Pelosi
Approves treaties and certain appointments
Originates revenue bills

6. Department of Homeland Security
Executive Branch
& Vice-president
Department of Homeland Security

7. Judicial Branch 13. President/ Life terms/ good behavior
14. courts/ state/ county
15. unconstitutional/ constitution
Judicial Branch
B. Jury – listens/ decides
A .Judge - presides
C. Witness - testifies
D. defendant - defends
E. Prosecution / plaintiff

8. Checks and Balances
A system that gives each branch of government different powers so that each branch can check the authority of the others.

9. Checks and Balances

10. Federalism National Government State Government Concurrent Powers
Maintain army and navy
Establish local governments
Collect taxes
Borrow money
Coin money
Conduct elections
Establish courts
Declare war
Regulate marriages
Enforce laws
Build roads
Establish schools
Regulate trade between states and with foreign nations
Protect safety of the people

11. National Leaders
President Barack Obama
Vice-president Joe Biden

12. State Leaders Senator Roger Wicker Senator Thad Cochran
Representative Alan Nunnlee District 1
Representative Bennie Thompson District 2
Senator Roger Wicker
Senator Thad Cochran
Representative Gregg Harper District 3
Representative Steven Palazzo District 4

14. Ch. 7, Part II Organization and Execution
Review Puzzle
Down
1. to forbid
2. newest department of the cabinet
3. Branch of government that makes laws
4. the people who select a representative
5. term for supreme court justices
7. proposed law
9. dealing with issues in the nation
12. who can veto a bill
15. A person or group that brings a criminal charge against someone
17. second in line to the presidency
18. what branch is the Supreme court a part of H O M E L A N D S C U R I T Y V E T O L E G I S A T V L I F E C O N S T I U E B I L
DOMESTIC
PRESIDENT
PROSECUTION V I C E P R S D N T J U D I C A L
Across
2. acronym for the department of Housing and Urban Development
6. the House of Representatives and the Senate
8. acronym for US Department of Agriculture
10. to ask a higher court to review
11. highest court in the country
heads of departments
14. the removal of a high government official
16. acronym for Department of Transportation
18. having authority
19. powers shared by federal and state governments
HUD
CONGRESS
USDA
APPEAL
SUPREME
CABINET
IMPEACH
DOT
JURISDICTION
CONCURRENT