The federal government social studies lesson for kids
The federal government social studies lesson for kids - social studies skills studied in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grades.
The federal government of the United States of America is the highest authority in the country. It governs all fifty states as well as the District of Columbia and all the territories which belong to the United States. The federal government has three parts, which are called branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
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The legislative branch of the government contains two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Together, these two parts are called Congress. Congress is responsible for voting on laws concerning taxes, war, the military, money, and more. It can also vote to impeach the president or certain other government officials. This means that if they think the president isn’t performing his or her job well, the members of Congress can vote to remove him or her from office. If the president is removed, the vice president takes his or her place. Continue reading below>>>
The two smaller parts of the legislative branch have their own particular jobs to do. The House of Representatives has hundreds of members who represent different districts around the country; this means that they stand for the interests and needs of the people of that district. The House of Representatives is responsible for suggesting bills that they think should become laws. After they propose a bill, the whole Congress votes on whether or not the bill becomes a law. If they pass it, the bill goes to the president for approval.
The executive branch of the government is the president and all the people in his cabinet, which means the leaders of different departments in the government. The president is in charge of many things, including appointing judges to the Supreme Court and negotiating with the leaders of foreign nations as well as making sure laws are working as they should. When the president takes his oath of office, he promises to be faithful to the laws and the Constitution of the United States.
Another member of the executive branch is the vice president. He or she is the president’s second-in-command, which means being the second highest authority in the whole country. If the president dies or becomes too sick to continue governing, the vice president takes his place. In addition to this, the vice president is the head of the senate.
The third branch of the United States government is the judicial branch. This branch consists of the Supreme Court and any other federal courts that might exist at the time. The Supreme Court is in charge of looking at the laws passed by Congress and deciding how they should work. Its job is to ask what the laws mean and if they are faithful to the Constitution of the United States, then decide how the law should work for the citizens. Other parts of the judicial branch are any other federal courts. These courts don’t always exist, but they can be established for a period of time if Congress decides that they are necessary.
The United States government may look complicated, but all these branches work together to make sure that laws are fair and being carried out by the citizens.