What do you know about our National Government?

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What do you know about our National Government?

• Georgia Performance Standards
• SS3CG1 Basic Principles of Government
• SS3CG1b Separation of Power
• SS3CG1c National Government Branches
• SS3E2 Taxes and Services, including military
• B Arnold
• 2009

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Our Nations Government has 3 Branches

1. Legislative Branch
2. Executive Branch
3. Judicial Branch

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The main role of each of these branches

• The main role of all of these branches is
• To Protect Citizens Rights

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What are rights?

• Protecting your rights means that they want to
  protect your freedoms as an American.

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Our Nations Capital

• Our nations capital is Washington, DC

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Our Nations Capitol Building

• This is the building where all of our elected
  officials work. The President of the United
  States has his offices here.

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The Legislative Branch

• This branch is the Legislative Branch and is also
  called the Congress.
• This branch has two parts
• The Senate
• The House of Representatives

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Legislative Branch and Congress are the same
thing!

• Remember that this branch has two parts
• The Senate
• The House of Representatives
• Their main job is to make laws.

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The Senate and The House of Representatives

• The Senate and the House of Representatives can
  each veto each others bills. If a bill passes it
  then becomes a law.

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Executive Branch

• This branch carries out the laws.
• The President is the head of this branch. He can
  approve or reject the laws made by Congress (the
  Senate and the House of Representatives).

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Veto

• The President as head of the Executive Branch can
  Veto a law presented to him by Congress.
• Veto means that he will not allow the law to
  pass. It is then considered dead.

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Executive Branch

• The president is the head of this branch and he
  is elected to office by the people of the United
  States of America.
• In our representative democracy he is elected to
  represent the people of our country.

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Executive Branch

• Leader President
• Main Job Carries out Laws

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Judicial Branch

• This branch decides what the law means and also
  whether or not the laws obey the Constitution.
• The Supreme Court is the head of this branch. It
  is our highest American Court.

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Judicial BranchThe Supreme Court is the head
of this branch. It is our highest American
Court.They are always asking, Does this law
obey our National Constitution?
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The Supreme Court is made up of Judges There are
9 Supreme Court Judges
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Taxes

• The taxes that citizens and businesses pay help
  to support our branches of government.

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Taxes do many things for its Citizens

• Citizens and businesses pay taxes. These taxes
  help to pay for our military which protects our
  country.

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Taxes also pay for our National Park Service.

• When you visit one of our National Parks
• remember that tax money helps to support it.

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Separation of Power

• Separation of Power means that the three branches
  of government have different powers and different
  jobs to do. If one branch had too much power, it
  could run the government alone. This would not be
  good!
• This separation is called checks and balances.
  It means that they help keep each other in check
  and help each other.

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Checks and BalancesSeparation of Power
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Each level of government has its own powers and
responsibilities

• National Government is responsible for the
  nations defense and controls the military.
• State and Local Governments work to protect the
  citizens of their state, city or town. They
  protect our rights.
• Separation of Power helps the government to
  protect our rights better.

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National and State Government

• The National Governments main job is to protect
  our country and run the military.
• The State Governments have more control over
  schools than the National Government.

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Review of Main Ideas

• 3 Branches of Government
• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

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Review

• Legislative Branch
• Consists of the Congress
• 1. The Senate
• 2. The House of Representatives
• Job Makes Laws

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Review

• Executive Branch
• Leader The President
• Job Reject and approve laws made by Congress. He
  carries out the laws.

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Judicial Branch

• Judicial Branch
• Leader Supreme Court
• Job Decides what laws mean.

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The Washington Monument

• A monument is a building
• Or statue that helps
• People remember a
• person or event.
• This is the Washington
• Monument completed in
• 1884 and is over 550
• feet tall.

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Significance of Washington Monument

• The Washington Monument is near the west end of
  the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to
  commemorate the first U.S. president, General
  George Washington. The monument, made of marble,
  granite, and sandstone, is both the world's
  tallest stone structure and the world's tallest
  obelisk in height standing 555 feet 5? inches
  (169.294 m).

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Our first President George Washington