Three Branches of Government

Executive -

Enforce Laws

Legislative -
Make Laws

Judicial -
Test Laws
(Courts)

Parliamentary Democracy

Voters

Legislative Branch

Parliament

Prime Minister
Chief Executive
Head of Government

ELECT

APPOINTS

Parliamentary Democracy

The Legislative Branch and the Executive Branch are together.

Step 1: Citizens elect members of the Legislative Branch - These people are
known as members of Parliament

Step 2: Members of Parliament meet and decide who from among them would
be the best leader & that person becomes the one who runs their meetings

Step 3: The leader of Parliament becomes known as the Prime Minister and
is responsible for the job of the Executive Branch & being part of the
Legislative branch

Parliamentary Democracy

Legislative Branch = Parliament

Head of Executive Branch = Prime Minister

Although not chosen directly by the people the Prime
Minister was elected for office and then other elected

officials gave him/her more responsibilities.

Presidential Democracy

Voters

Legislative Branch

Executive Branch

President

Chief Executive

Head of Government

ELECT

ELECT

Presidential Democracy

Step 1: Citizens elect members of the Legislative Branch - these
people are know as Members of Congress (United States)

Step 2: Citizens elect a man or woman in a separate election to be
head of the executive branch- President

Step 3: The 2 separate branches keep tabs on one another while
working together to get their jobs done - called checks and balances

Presidential Democracy

Legislative Branch = Congress

The Congress of the United States has 2 branches:
House of Representatives and the Senate

Members of Congress called - Senator or Representative

Head of the Executive branch = President

Checks and Balances = Way to make sure neither branch gets too
powerful

After WWII we wanted to see the other countries of the world using this style of government. We felt that we could trust and work with countries that agreed with us about how a country should be run.

If you look at the countries in the world that the United States gets along with and considers allies, most of them are democracies. We have a hard time trusting or having a good relationship with a country that is AUTOCRATIC -(One person has absolute power). We want citizens to have rights and freedoms.