The Governing of the United States:

• What is an amendment? Is the act of changing correcting the constitution

1789

• Why was the democratic system set up? the Fifteenth Amendment gave
black Americans the right to vote,
and the Nineteenth Amendment gave women the same right. Today all
American citizens over the age of 18 can vote.

• Name the three branches of the federal government.

The Executive,
The Legislature - the Congress, and
The Judiciary

• What are the main functions of the three branches?

The Executive proposes laws, appoints federal judges and senior officials. It is
also responsible for relations with foreign countries. Its actions must usually be
approved by Congress.

The Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. This
is where new federal laws are made,
federal taxes are set, and also, this is the only branch entitled to declare war on
other countries.

The main function of the Judiciary is to make sure that the actions of the
President and Congress are in accordance with
the Constitution

• The two major political parties in the U.S are … Democratic and the
Republican
.
• Name a few presidents. John F. Kennedy 1961 - 63 D
Lyndon B. Johnson 1963 - 69 D
Richard Nixon 1969 - 74 R
Gerald R. Ford 1974 - 77 R
James E. Carter 1977 - 81 D
Ronald Reagan 1981 - 89 R
George Bush 1989 - 92 R
• Say a few words about the presidential election system.

presidential campaign takes place every leap year candidates elected travel
around the country, 'running for President In November the
American citizens vote, state by state, and the candidate who receives the
majority of the seats in the Electoral College The newly-elected President has a
'100-day
honeymoon' after the election, before he officially starts working on January
20th the following year. A president may
be elected for a second time and sit for two four-year periods, but no more.