Basic Knowledge for a Child

8/2/2019 Basic Knowledge for a Child

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Government Made Simple

Mark Ablonczy


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The Government is made up of a group

of people that control the country

together. It is set up in Washington

D.C.


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In the government there are many

important people including the

president, vice president, senators,

and judges.


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The government is made up of three parts

that work together. Those three parts are

the executive branch, the legislative branch,

and the judicial branch. In a way they are like

branches of a tree.


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Each of these has a specific job

which they must perform in order for

the government to function.


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The executive branch is the part in

which the President and vicepresident work. Their job is topass laws after they are created,and to make sure everyone inAmerica follows the rules. Also,the executive branch is responsiblefor the military.


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The executive branch is mostly set

up in the white house. You probably

have heard it, so you must know that

the President and their family live

there.


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The Legislative branch is a more

complicated branch than the others.

In this branch members elected from

states participate in meetings and

they create laws, and decide actions

to take about the country. This

branch is mainly responsible for

taxes and other things having to do

with money.


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In Washington D.C. there is a building

called the Capitol. It is located on

Capitol Hill and is the meeting place of

the Legislature. During the War of 1812,

(which was a war between the US and theBritish); the Capitol was burned down but

luckily rebuilt by 1819.


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The

Judicial

Branch of

the

governmen

t is the

branch inwhich all

of the judges are. They make sure that

the people understand the law, and they

decide the punishment for breaking the

law.


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If a court case becomes big enough,

and too unsolvable for the smaller

courts, then the case might get sent

to the Supreme Court. The Supreme

Court has eight judges who are

employed for life unless they choose

to retire. The Supreme Court has

ultimate power, and whatever they

say, goes.


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There is also a US Constitution. It was

written more than 200 years ago by many

famous including Benjamin Franklin, ThomasJefferson,

and John

Adams. In

it is said

the basic

rules that

must be

followed.

Right nowit is kept

in the

National archives where you may go to take

a look at it.


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Political parties are also a very

important part of the government. Not the

kind of party like a birthday party, but

the kind that involves a

group of people who have

their own views about how

the government should work.

Some examples are the

Democratic Party, and the Republican

Party. These are the two

major ones in the US.


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You probably know about an

election right? Every four

years citizens of the US get

together to vote for a

new leader for our

country. Our first

President was George

Washington who was

elected right after the

revolutionary war.

Another one you might

know is President Lincoln who was President during

the Civil War.


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Right now our Country is a Democracy,

our

president is

a man named

Barrack

Obama, and

our vice

president is

a man named

Joe Biden.


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Now that you have learned so much aboutthe government you are the master and youcan go and teach your friends because youare the new generation.


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