Usa & athens constitution

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BY BY Maddie Slingerland Maddie Slingerland

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USA Constitution

USA has 3 branches

Government.

Executive

Legislative

Judicial branch.

Executive Branch

The executive branch consists on the president, the vice president and the 15 cabinet-levels departments.

Some of the 15 cabinet level are interior , transportation, education , state, and, defense.

The person in charge of the executive branch is the president.

Executive branch is run by the president.

The executive branch is to make sure laws are enforced, and taxes are collected , also they are to keep the USA safe.

Legislative Branch

The legislative branch consist of the House of Representatives and the senate.

Together they are known as Congress

The legislative branch is to ensure the nations laws and to control where the money goes.

Judicial Branch

The Judicial Branch consist of the supreme

court .

The supreme court consist of nine members.

Then nine members are chosen by the

president , the are approved by the senate.

The supreme court job is to hear cases that challenge laws or require translation of the laws.

Athens Constitution

Ancient Athens have 3 different braches of

government, legislative, judicial, and executive .

the legislative branch in Athens has two

bodies, a Council of 500 and an Assembly of 6000.

the Council was randomly chosen by the male

population

the Council was in charge of day-to-day

business.

 The assembly's members were all the males

in the population.

the assembly's job was to solve problems in

the city.

The jury courts formed the core of Athens

Judicial branch.

The executive branch enforced laws and made

sure they were followed.

The executive branch consists of

commissioners, functionaries, and minor officials.

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