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The Constitution
Lesson 2 Government and the People
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do new ideas change the
way people live?
The Federal Government
Answering Questions As you read the section, answer the
questions below.
1. Explaining Explain the primary function of each of the
branches of the federal government.
2. Analyzing Why did the Framers give different duties to
each branch?
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3. Describing What are the purposes of the laws Congress
passes?
4. Naming Which branch of the legislature is made up of 100
members, 2 from each state?
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The Constitution
5. Describing In addition to the president's main job of
administering the laws passed by Congress, what other
duties does the president have?
6. Defining What is the power of judicial review?
7. Explaining How many courts does the Constitution
create? Where do the other federal courts come from?
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The Constitution
What It Means to Be a Citizen
Determining Cause and Effect Citizens have rights but
they also have duties and responsibilities. Fill in the chart to
define duties and responsibilities. Then consider what might
happen to our government and communities if citizens did not
fulfill some basic duties and responsibilities.
DUTIES: RESPONSIBILITIES:
What would What would
Duty happen if you Responsibility happen if you
didn’t? didn’t?
Follow laws Vote
Sit on a Respect rights
jury of others
Pay taxes Educate
yourself on
government
2. Explaining What is due process? What might happen if
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the Constitution did not guarantee this right?
3. Listing List the three main categories of rights that
citizens enjoy.
