Lesson 8American Government

1

System of Government:The Executive Branch

Questions: 2, 13, 14, 15, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 29, 30, 45, 46, 26, 27, 54, 70, 31, 47

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CABINET

|COURTS OF APPEAL

|DISTRICT COURTS

2

The Three Branches of Government

3

4

Question #2

5

Question #13

6

7

Approves federal judges

Can declare a law unconstitutional

CONGRESS

(Legislative Branch)

PRESIDENT

(Executive Branch)

THE COURTS

(Judicial Branch)

Separation of Powers / Checks and Balances

8

Question #14

9

The White House, Washington, D.C.10

The Executive Branch

11

12

President Donald Trump

13

Question #15

14

15

PresidentBarack Obama

Question #28

16

President Donald Trump

17

Question #32

18

19

How a Law is Made

Bill introduced in House of

Representatives

Both houses vote on final bill; Bill is sent to President

House makes their own

version of bill

Bill introduced in Senate

Senate makes their own

version of bill

House debates and votes on

bill

Senate debates and votes on

bill

House-Senate committee writes

final bill

President signs bill into law or vetoes it

CONGRESS

PRESIDENT

20

Question #33

21

22

Question #34

23

24

The Cabinet

25

Question #35

26

27

Question #36

28

29

Vice President Mike Pence

30

Question #29

31

* Michael Richard Pence

* Mike Pence

* Pence

32

Question #30

33

34

The Two Major Political Parties

Republican Democratic

35

Question #45

36

37

Question #46

38

Republican

(Party)

39

Third Parties Bring New Ideas

40

Be sure to vote!

November is Coming! 2004

2008

2012

2016

2020

2024

2028

2032

41

Question #26

42

43

Question #27

44

45

Question #54

46

47

48

Question #70

49

Vote

How a President is Elected

50

States with two colors have different dates for the Democratic and Republican primaries.

Source: http://frontloading.blogspot.com/p/2012-presidential-primary-calendar.html

51

Representatives + Senators = Electors

53

Presidential Order of Succession

President Vice President

Speaker of the House

54

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Paul Ryan

55

Question #31

56

57

58

(Paul D.) Ryan

Paul Ryan, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Question #47