Essential Questions:
California State Standard:
Vocabulary:
- Why does the Constitution both grant power and take it away from each branch?
- Why does it take so long for government to act?
California State Standard:
- 12.4 Students analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution.
Vocabulary:
- Separation of Powers
- Checks and Balances
- Legislative
- Trustee
- Delegate
- Expressed Powers
- Implied Powers
- Necessary and Proper Clause
- Impeachment
- Speaker of the House
- President of the Senate
- Congressional Committee
- House of Representatives
- Senate
- Bicameral
- Executive
- Commander-in-chief
- Veto
- War Powers Act
- Executive Order
- Power to Pardon
- Judicial
- Supreme Court
- Judicial Review