Our Government

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Our Government

• Learning About the Three Branches

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The Executive Branch

• The President is the leader of the country and
  commands the military.
• The Vice-President becomes the President if the
  President can no longer do his job.
• There are departments and agencies who help the
  president.

Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings
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The Legislative Branch

• Makes laws
• Approves the making of money
• Can declare war on other countries
• Is made up of the Congress, which is the House of
  Representatives and the Senate.

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The United States Congress meets in the U.S.
Capitol Building. The Senate and House of
Representatives each have their own meeting
rooms.
There are 100 members of the Senate, two from
each state. There are 435 members of the House of
Representatives. The number of representatives a
state has depends on its population.
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Pennsylvanias two senators are Arlen Specter and
Bob Casey.
Our representative in the House is Patrick Murphy.
They go to Washington D.C. and work for us to
make laws for our country.
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The Judicial Branch

• This branch is made up of the court system.
• The Supreme Court is the highest court in the
  land.
• The Supreme Court decides the meaning of laws,
  how they are applied, and if they break the rules
  of the Consitution.

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The Supreme Court

• It is made up of nine Justices who are appointed
  by the President. The Senate has to approve his
  choice.
• One of the nine justices is the Chief Justice.

John J. Roberts Jr. is the Chief Justice.
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Washington D.C. became the capital of our nation
on June 11, 1800. Before that, the capital was in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
George Washington chose the site of the new
capital in 1791 and a French architect designed
the city.
John Adams was the second President of the United
States and the first president to live in the
White House.
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Our national government has three branches.

• The founding fathers who wrote the Consitution
  didnt want one person to have too much control.
• They created three separated branches that would
  have separate duties but still work together.