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Unit 2 History/creation Of the US Gov‘t. Unit 3 US Gov‘t How it works. Separation of Powers. Federalism. Federalism – Power Flows Down. POWER. POWER. POWER. Federalism – division of power between state & nat’l gov’t. POWER. POWER. POWER. national. state. Makes Laws. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Unit 2History/creationOf the US Gov‘t
Unit 3US Gov‘t
How it works
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mSeparation of Powers
Federalism – Power Flows Down
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POWERPOWER
POWER
Federalism – division of power between state & nat’l gov’t
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national state
POWERPOWERPOWER
Makes Laws
Makes Laws
Enforces Laws
Enforces Laws
Interprets Laws
Interprets Laws
Makes Laws Enforces Laws Interprets Laws
Democracy
Fundamental Political Principles
Consent of the
GovernedLimited
Government
Rule of Law
RepresentativeGovernment
People areThe source of
power
Gov’t cannot do anything it
wantsPeople rule thru voting
No one is above the law
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RepresentativeGovernment
We pick people to vote for us
Legislative Branch
lower upper
435 100
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1 representative for every 700,000 citizens
Executive Branch
President Vice President
Executive Branch
Cabinet
Executive Branch
Cabinet
Transportation
Education
State
DefenseTreasury
quitting
quitting
Judicial Branch
What is an appeal?
Judicial Branch
US District Court
US Circuit CourtOf Appeals
SupremeCourt
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