| A | B |
|---|
| Makes Laws | Legislative Branch |
| Decides court cases involving the Constitution | Judicial Branch |
| Can appoint judges to the Supreme Court | Executive Branch |
| Collect taxes | Legislative Branch |
| Commands the armed forces | Executive Branch |
| Grants pardons | Executive Branch |
| Can overturn executive orders | Judicial Branch |
| Enforces Laws | Executive Branch |
| Can veto laws made by Congress | Executive Branch |
| Declares war | Legislative Branch |
| Supreme Court and Other Federal Courts | Judicial Branch |
| President, Vice President, and Cabinet | Executive Branch |
| Decides court cases involving two or more states | Judicial Branch |
| Approves the president's treaties and appointments | Legislative Branch |
| Decides court cases involving federal laws | Judicial Branch |
| Issues executive orders | Executive Branch |
| Coins money | Legislative Branch |
| Senate and House of Representatives | Legislative Branch |
| Interprets Laws | Judicial Branch |
| Can impeach the president or judges | Legislative Branch |
| Establishes post offices | Legislative Branch |
| Can overturn laws made by Congress | Judicial Branch |
| Reports on the state of the Union | Executive Branch |
| Decides if laws are constitutional | Judicial Branch |
| Constitutional | something is legal according to the Constitution |
| separation of powers | The powers in the US government are divided among three branches: executive, legislative & judicial. |
| checks and balances | A system where each government branch has powers that keep any other branch from having too much control. |
| bicameral | two parts/ two houses |
| Congress | In the legislative branch; made up of the House of Representatives and Senate |
| representative democracy | a government in which citizens elect people to represent them in the legislative and executive branches |
