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Welcome Back!!. Lets talk shop. 2 more nine weeks left! 23 classes this nine weeks! Chapters 6-11. Lets warm up!. Do what you can. Just Dance. Warm-up Question. #1 What type of government do we have in the U.S.A.? A. Dictatorship B. Democracy C. Republic D. Communist.
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Welcome Back!! Lets talk shop. 2 more nine weeks left! 23 classes this nine weeks! Chapters 6-11
Lets warm up! • Do what you can. • Just Dance.
Warm-up Question • #1 What type of government do we have in the U.S.A.? • A. Dictatorship • B. Democracy • C. Republic • D. Communist
Back Ground info • Federal system- A government system in which power is divided between the states and the federal government. • AAHHH What is a State? What is a Country? • What is a county? What is a city? • Why do you think we might want to divide the power of government between different governments?
Lets fold some paper! • Take the paper given to you and fold it into three sections. Hamburger way. • You can do it.
Ch. 6 • The Executive Branch (President) • Proposes laws. • Enforces the laws. • Commands the armed forces. • Makes treaties. • Appoints ambassadors and other officials. • Conducts foreign policy.
Ch.6 • Legislative Branch • Writes the laws. • Confirms presidential appointments. • Approves treaties. • Grants money to pay for laws and military. • Declares war.
Ch.6 • Judicial Branch. • Interprets the Constitution and other laws. • Reviews lower-courts decisions.
Now with your peer partner. • Decided how the different branches of government can check each other. • Executive Branch: Checks on Legislative and Judicial Branches? • Legislative Branch: Checks on Executive and Judicial Branches? • Judicial Branch: Checks on Executive and Legislative Branches. • Hint: On Page 184
Check out • On a scrap paper. Write your name and answer. • List the three branches of the federal government. • Hand it in on the way out.