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    Summary The Constitution of the United States established the three branches of government‚ the executive branch‚ the legislative branch‚ and the judicial branch to assure that our government is doing their job and to protect the citizen’s rights. The executive branch has the main purpose of carrying out and enforcing the law. The executive branch has three main components‚ the president‚ the vice president‚ and the cabinet. The president is the leader of the U.S‚ the vice president assists the

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    The Three Branches of the U. S. government is Legislative who makes laws and Executive who carries the laws and last is Judicial who evaluates laws. Legislative government makes sure that the laws are approved presidential appointments and out of 100 senators they select 2 per state to control. In the House of Representatives there are 435 elected representatives based on each state’s population. In the Executive branch there is a President which is our Obama and his vice president Joe Biden then

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    How the Three Branches of American Government Worked Together to End Segregation The three branches of the American Government often to not cooperate enough with one another to make laws or amend the constitution. Often‚ the system of checks and balances keeps one branch from moving forward with the law-making process. However‚ on the long road to desegregation‚ all three branches of the government were involved to make segregation in public schools against the law. The Legislative branch of

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    The Guard Against Tyranny When the colonists eventually ensured their independence from England‚ a new form a government was quickly created in which the people were the powers of. Framers met to create this new form of government and in it was a plan called “ the Constitution of the United States”. In this system of government the state governments would share powers with the national government. This new government incorporated a system called a republic. In a republic citizens are chosen to serve

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    Constitution guard against tyranny? Tyranny is means ‘as harsh absolute power in the hands of one individual’; it has happened everywhere. Whatever the size or shape‚ tyranny is a problem because it means too much power in the hands of one person or group. In 1787‚ Representatives from almost all the states in the U.S‚ met in Philadelphia to fix the issue of tyranny. The House presents us to “The Articles of Confederation” to help guard against tyranny. The Constitution guarded against tyranny in ways such

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    paper No. 51‚ James Madison argues that‚ “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” Madison wanted a system of government where the powers would be divided. He just did not want a majority to choose policy. For this reason he divided Congress into the House of Representatives and the Senate to help separate the power. Madison as well as his fellow Framers felt that the non-wealthy majority would tyrannize the wealthy minority if given political power. He feared that the majority would get together

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    What are the three branches of the federal government and their powers? Give an example of how one branch might check the power of another branch. The United States Government is designed so that no one part of the government has too much power‚ the creators of the Constitution were diligent in outlining the structure of our government in the Articles. The division of power is outlined specifically in the first three articles. The three branches of the federal government consist of the executive

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    The three branches of government are the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branches. All three have their own individual responsibilities and powers. These three were created so not one party would have all the power to prevent a dictatorship. They can also override‚ or have the power to cancel‚ what another branch is doing by way of vote. The legislative branch is made up of three groups; congress‚ senate‚ and the House of Representatives. Among other things they are in charge of creating

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    POLS 1101 – US GOVERNMENT Take Home Test: UPLOAD TO D2L by April 27 in DropBox 1. Explain the Functions and Operations of State Government from the standpoint of each of the Three Branches of State Government. a. Judicial Branch powers interpret federal laws and U.S. Constitution. They review the decisions of lower state and federal courts. b. Legislative Branch powers pass all federal laws‚ pass the federal budget‚ declares war‚ and establish lower federal courts and the number of judges. c. Executive

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    The establishment of the three branches of government was a major turning point in helping America as well as our government to function effectively and thoroughly. Our Founding Fathers created a government that allowed a separation of power in order to keep the citizens protected and rights of everyone who lives in the United States. Old historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence‚ Articles of Confederation‚ and the Constitution give the American citizens a sense of protection and

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