Executive Branch Checks and Balances

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Executive Branch Checks and Balances

Each of the three branches of the national government limits the exercise of power by the other two branches.

Multiple Choice

Why are checks and balances important?

They help the government get money.

They increase power for the executive branch.

They help prevent one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.

The president checks Congress when the president...

proposes legislation
prepares an annual budget for Congress to approve
call special sessions of Congress
vetoes legislation Congress has passed

Multiple Choice

How could the executive branch check the legislative branch?

declaring a law unconstitutional

approving the budget

calling a special session of Congress

overriding a veto

Multiple Select

True or False: The president checks Congress when the president proposes legislation.

True

False

Congress checks the president when legislators...

override presidential vetoes
impeach and convict a president
approve the budget
approve presidential appointments

The president checks the courts (Judicial Branch) when the president...

appoints judges/justices
grants pardons and reprieves

Open Ended

What are your thoughts about the president's power to pardon someone of a crime?

Type response here

The courts check the president when judges/justices...

declare executive actions to be unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of Executive Branch checks Judicial Branch?

President appoints a new ambassador

Congress overrides the President’s veto

President issues a pardon

Presidential order was declared unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

Who has the power to appoint judges?

legislative

executive

judicial

Multiple Choice

What role is the President acting when he gives the State of the Union Address to Congress?

chief diplomat

chief legislator

chief of state

chief of party

Multiple Choice

Which role is the US President fulfilling when he meets with foreign leaders about treaties?

chief of party

chief executive

chief legislator

chief diplomat

Multiple Choice

If the president hosts a fundraiser for his fellow Republican candidates, which role is he playing?

chief diplomat

chief executive

commander in chief

chief of party

Poll

Rate your understanding of the executive branch.

I completely understand everything I have learned so far.

I understand most things that I have learned so far.

I understand some things I have learned so far.

I do not understand anything that I have learned so far.

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