In 1789‚ the United States established the United States Government. The government is also known as the federal government. The federal government is divided into three branches. The three branches are: executive‚ judicial‚and legislative branches. These three branches have different roles‚ duties‚ and citizens that help the branch to function properly. In the executive branch‚ the President‚ Vice President and The Cabinet are placed in the the White House which is the head of the executive branch
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Barbara Cherry Phase 1 IP CJUS290-1402A-01 Prof. Christine Lee 04/14/2014 Describe the 3 branches of the U.S. federal government. 1. Explain the role of the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branches. The role of the Legislative Branch is that they are the only branch that can create new laws. They have an enormous amount of power. Elections are held every two years for the House and every six years for the Senate. The have two parts one is the House of representatives and the other
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Sharon Hatcher October 9‚ 2012 POS301-Arizona and Federal Government Professor Halperin Part I: Arizona Statehood Upon the ending of the Mexican American War (1846-1848)‚ Arizona began the journey to statehood. Arizona began applying for statehood in 1872. Arizona drafted a constitution in 1891. The Congress continually ignored the request for statehood by Arizona because of because of the lack of residents‚ unpromising economic prospects‚ they are conservative democrats and demographics
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structure of the federal government are composed of 3 branches; Executive‚ judicial‚ and the legislative branch. The following is how they proceed with the process to making the bill trying pass as a law which is enforced so that the bill passes as a law which later is judged and reviewed by the president if the bill passes as a law or not. The process of this is broken down into parts‚ they all have powers‚ duties‚ and a relationship towards one another. Each of these 3 branches do something specific
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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 federal government of the United States is made up of three different branches: legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial. They ensure the government is effective and that all citizens’ rights are protected. Each branch has its powers and responsibilities‚ including checking and balancing the amount of power and organization that each branch has. The terms “checks and balances” refers to the job that each branch has in order to make sure that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals
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The Three Branches There are three branches of the United State government. One branch is the legislative branch which holds the power make laws and to frame public policies. Another branch is the executive branch which holds the power to execute‚ enforce‚ and administer law. The last branch is the judicial branch which holds the power to interpret laws‚ to determine their meaning and to settle disputes that arise within the society. There is a system of checks and balances where the three branches
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Checks and balances is essentially the three branches of government checking on the others and preventing them from overstepping their boundaries. There are many examples of checks and balances and many reasons why it is important. The three branches of government all have their own powers and restrictions‚ and checks and balances enforces these restrictions and ensures that each branch does what it’s supposed to do. Without it‚ our government would probably be more like an anarchy‚ as our constitutional
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The Constitution is a document that establishes America’s national government and grants rights to citizens. The first document that established a structure for the national government was the Articles of Confederation which granted no power to the federal government. This document was proven ineffective because not enough power was granted to the federal government. The Constitution took its place as the framework for the United States and has been in effect ever since. Regardless of personal opinions
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The United States government is made up of three branches; the Judicial‚ the Executive‚ and the Legislative branch. These branches were put into order by our founding fathers of the United States‚ and our framers of the US constitution who realized‚ problems were beginning to emerge because under the Articles of Confederation‚ our government did not have enough power. “The states were basically taking control of themselves; printing their own money‚ conducting foreign trade that was in violation
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