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Branches of Government Scavenger Hunt
Instructions: To help you find out more
about the three branches of our FEDERAL democratic government,
please visit these sites in order to answer the following
questions:
Three
Branches of Government This site sums up the three branches of
government, including the executive branch. Follow the
link at the bottom to read about checks and balances.
Legislative Branch
The Legislative Branch is made up of what two parts?
Congress is made up of what two parts?
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
What are their duties? In other words, what are the special jobs of the
House
of Representatives?
How many are in the House of Representatives?
How is the number of representatives determined?
What is the House of Representatives’ term of office?
In other words, how
long can someone stay in the House of Representatives?
Who is the head of the House?
SENATE
What are the special jobs of the Senate?
How many U.S. Senators do we have?
How is the number of Senators determined?
What is their term of office?
Who is the head of the Senate?
What are the powers of Congress?
a.
b.
c
d
e
How are the House of Representatives and the Senate
different?
a.
b.
c.
d.
What is the role of the Legislative Branch in the
lawmaking process?
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
Who makes up
the Executive Branch?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Who is the
head of this branch?
What are the President's main jobs?
a.
b
c
d
What is their term of office?
What is the President's role in the lawmaking process?
What standards do you have to meet to become President
of the United States?
a.
b.
This person appoints others to his/her cabinet.
Explain what “cabinet” means when speaking
about the executive branch of
government.
What is included in the cabinet? (You can just cut
and paste this list, but make sure to read
through the list, too.)
JUDICIAL
BRANCH
This is the court
system. What is the head of the federal judicial branch, the highest
court in the
United States?
What do the courts do?
How many Supreme Court justices are there?
Are the Supreme Court justices elected?
Explain.
How long are they in office?
How many cases are sent to the Supreme court every
year?
How many of those cases are accepted?
Why is the Supreme Court so selective?
Famous
U.S. Supreme Court Cases
What was the Dred Scott case about? What year
was this decided? Is this before or
after the Civil War?
What was the Plessy vs. Ferguson case about?
What year was this?
What is racial segregation? (You may need a dictionary
for this one!)
What decision reversed the Plessy vs. Ferguson
decision? Who made that decision?
What year was that?
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