Unit 4: Branches of the Federal Government Review

Leadership

Number of Members (total & per state)

Term Length & Limits

Congress

Senate House of Representatives

Standing Committees

Joint Committees

Select Committees

Conference Committees

1.

2.

3. 4.

5.

6. 7.

8.

9.

Veto – Impeach –

Oversight – Writ of habeas corpus –

Bills of attainder – Ex post facto –

Pork barrel project – Gerrymandering –

Role as chief executive

Commander in Chief

Foreign Policy Leader

Other Duties

Legislative Branch______________

Judicial Branch______________

Executive Branch______________

Executive checks over Legislative

Legislative checks over Executive

Judicial checks over Legislative

Legislature checks over Judicial

Judicial checks over Executive

Executive checks over Judicial

Case Background Significance/Decision

Marbury v Madison (1803)

Gibbons v Ogden (1824)

Plessey v Ferguson (1898)

Korematsu v United States (1944)

Brown v Board of Education (1954)

Mapp v Ohio (1961)

Furman v Georgia (1972)

Roe v Wade (1973)

Texas v Johnson (1989)

President's Administration

Independent Agencies

Regulatory Agencies

The Executive Branch

Spoils system vs Merit system:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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