Mrs. McCann’s ClassGovernment Presentation

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EXECUTIVE BRANCHby, Grace

The Executive Branch makes sure people follow the laws that the Legislative Branch make. The leaders of this branch are the President

and Vice President.

EXECUTIVE BRANCHBy, GRACE

LEGISLATIVE BRANCHBy, Alex

The Legislative Branch makes laws for the Nation.

The Legislative Branch is made up of the Congress. Congress

is the House of Representatives and the

Senate.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCHBy, Alex

JUDICIAL BRACHBY, Jobian

The Judicial Branch is made up of the courts. The Judicial Branch makes

decisions.

THE JUDICIAL BRANCHBy, Jobian

NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENTSBy, Erin

In North Carolina the Governor is on the Executive Branch. The groups on

Legislative Branch in North Carolina are the North Carolina House of Representatives

and the North Carolina Senate. The North Carolina Courts and Council are on

the Judicial Branch.

NORTH CAROLINA GOVERMENTSBy, Erin

CARY MAYORBy, Diya

The current Mayor of Cary is Harold Weinbrecht. His term

expires in December 2011. Expires means that he will no longer be the Mayor. He gets to be Mayor

for 4 years.

CARY MAYORBy, Diya

RALEIGH MAYORBY, SOFIA

The Mayor of Raleigh is Charles Meeker. His term ends in 2011. That means

he won’t be mayor anymore.

RALEIGH MAYORBY, SOFIA

MAYORBy, Morgan

A mayor gives leadership to the city. He gets people to

visit our city. He gets more special events for our city.

He helps education. He serves as the city’s

representative for the state.

MAYORBy, Morgan

NORTH CAROLINA US SENATORSBY, JOSEPH

Richard Burr and Kay Hagen are North Carolina US Senators.

Senators serve for six years. The next Senator election will be in

2014 for Kay Hagen.

NORTH CAROLINA US SENATORSBy, Joseph

NORTH CAROLINA STATE GOVERNMENT

BY, AICHA

Beverly Perdue is the Governor. Walter

Dalton is the Lieutenant Governor.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE GOVERNMENT

BY, AICHA

GOVERNORBy, Aiden

The Governor does many things. The Governor dedicates new highways attends to funerals and proclaims special days. He helps

in emergencies and he manages the state government.

When the Governor is out, the Lieutenant Governor is in charge.

GOVERNORBy, Aiden

PRESIDENTAL REQUIREMENTSBy, Aaliyah

To become a president, you have to be at least 35

years old. You have to be born in the United States. You also have to have lived

in the United States for 14 years.

PRESIDENTAL REQUIREMENTSBy, AALIYAH

ELECTION RULESBY, ETHAN

James Madison and Alexander Hamilton made up the

election rules. They made up the rules on a document

called the Constitution.

ELECTION RULESBY, ETHAN

PRESIDENTAL TERMSBy, Collin

Every four years, Presidents are elected. 2 times in your life you can be elected

for President.President Franklin Roosevelt was special

because he was President for more than 8 years. He was the only

President who served the USA for that long.

PRESIDENTAL TERMSBy, COLLIN

PRESIDENTAL CANDIDATESBy, Patricia

A Presidential Candidate wants so badly to be elected

President . Presidential Candidates ask people if they want to vote for him or her.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATESBy, PATRICIA

2 MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIESBy, Connor

A political party is made up of people that usually think alike about different

issues.There are two major parties in the

United States. They are the Democrats and the Republicans.

2 MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIESBy, CONNOR

POLITICAL PARTIESBY, ISMAIL

Current President Obama and former President Clinton are Democrats.

Former president George Bush and John McCain are Republicans.

Early in the election process, many people run for president or any office.

Early in a campaign there are all kinds of Republican candidates and all kinds of Democratic candidates. Then some drop out.Then each party makes a nomination for only one candidate.

POLITICAL PARTIESBY, ISMAIL

CAUCUSES AND PRIMARIESBY, EMILY

The first elections are called Caucuses or Primaries.

Iowa usually has the first Caucus. New Hampshire has the first Primary.

CAUCUSES AND PRIMARIESBY, EMILY

PRESIDENTIAL TICKETBy, Will

What happens at the National Convention? Each state holds a big meeting called a convention

where they elect people called delegates who support their favorite candidates. Then in July or August each party holds its National Convention. This is where the

delegates get together and select one candidate to nominate for President and one to nominate for Vice

President.

What is a ticket? The 2 nominees are called a ticket.

PRESIDENTIAL TICKETBy, Will

CAMPAININGBy, Chakri

A debate is where they talk about why the candidates want everybody to vote

for them. To win the election, the Presidential Candidates travel around

to see who else can vote for them. They make lots of TV and radio commercials.

CAMPAININGBy, Chakri

You have to be 18 years old and registered to vote in

order to vote. You can only vote one time. When you

register to vote, your name gets put on a list.

VOTINGBY, FAITH

VOTINGBy, FAITH

WINNING THE ELECTIONBy, Noora

The candidate with the most votes may not always win in the election to be the President. This is because votes are counted by

each state. The nominees are trying to win each state.

WINNING THE ELECTIONBy, Noora

ELECTORAL VOTESBy, Camden

Each state is assigned a certain number of electoral votes based on

its number of Senators and Representatives. Each state gets one

vote for each person that it has on Congress. California gets 55 Electoral

Votes. Rhode Island only gets 4 Electoral Votes.

ELECTORAL VOTESBy, Camden

FINALLY WINNINGBy, Anna

A ticket needs a majority of the Electoral Votes, or 270

Electoral Votes, to win.

The new President and Vice President are then sworn in

during January. Then they can begin their term.

FINALLY WINNINGBy, ANNA

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