Constitution and Branches of Government 2

Parents: *This week's test will be on Thursday.* The students have a science program on Wednesday. This week's test will cover a lot of information. The students should have 4 different study guides to review; The Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Preamble to the Constitution, and the Branches/Levels of Government.

Notes for this week's quiz:

Preamble to the Constitution
"We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

What is the Constitution? The plan for our nation's government.
What does it do for us? The Constitution protects our rights as citizens.

Government

How is our government set up? into three branches; Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
Why do we have a separation of powers? so no one branch has more power than the others
What is a system of checks and balances? Each branch of the government has limits on their power; they all have power over one another in some way.

Study your chart of National, State, and Local Governments.

You can review the Articles of Confederation notes below.