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Government. January 6, 2014. United States Government. The United States Constitution. The Constitution says how the government works. It creates the Presidency. It creates the Congress. It creates the Supreme Court .

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Government

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  1. Government January 6, 2014

  2. United States Government

  3. The United States Constitution • The Constitution says how the government works. It creates the Presidency. It creates the Congress. It creates the Supreme Court. • A group of men met to write the Constitution. We call these men The Framers.

  4. North Carolina Constitution

  5. The United States Branches of Government

  6. U.S. Senate

  7. U.S. House of Representatives

  8. The U.S. President and Vice President

  9. Budget • A plan for spending money • Money is raised from taxes • State budgets pay for repairing roads, state parks, running some hospitals, caring for the poor and elderly, running public schools, colleges and universities. • Federal budgets pay for military, interstate roads, Social Security, help for farmers, running federal courts, foreign aid,

  10. Veto • Refuse to approve a bill • Stops the bill from becoming a law at that time • The congress can override a veto.

  11. The U.S. Supreme Court

  12. Other federal (U.S.) Courts

  13. North Carolina Government

  14. The Branches of government in North Carolina

  15. NC General Assembly

  16. NC Executive Branch

  17. NC Executive Branch continued

  18. NC Judicial Branch

  19. Local Governments • County governments • NC has 100 counties. • County Seat- Center of government for a county • County Commissioners – direct county activities, such as taxes, budgets, elected by the people • Sheriff-makes sure people obey the law • Registrar of Deeds- Keeps the county records • School board-manage the local schools and decides how schools are paid for

  20. Local governments continued • Municipal Government • Town or city government • Provided police and fire fighters • Provide clean water and garbage pick up • Plan for city parks, traffic lights, and plant trees • Two types- 1. mayor-council 2. council-manager

  21. Additional Vocabulary • Federal government-another name for the U.S. government • Pledge of Allegiance-a promise to be loyal to the United States • Republic – a form of government where the people elect people to run the country for them • Cabinet-a group of officials who help the president • Impeach-accuse an official of doing something illegal

  22. Presidents who came from NC

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