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POLITICAL SYSTEM OF USA
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POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE USA
USA Government
What is a government?
The mean by which a society organizes itself and allocates authority in order to accomplish collective goals and provide benefits that the society as a whole needs.
USA
Federal Republic
The United States is a federal republic in which the President, the Congress and the Supreme Court share powers, reserved to the Nation Government according to its Constitution. The Federal Government shares sovereign with the States Government.
Federal Republic
Constitution
-American Constitution written in 1787
-The Constitution provides the framework for the organization of The United States government and for the relationship of the federal government to the states.
American System
CONSTITUTION
The Supreme Court
JUDICIAL
The White House
EXECUTIVE
The U.S. Capitol
LEGISLATIVE
CONSTITUTION
LEGISLATIVE
Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government.
It is splited into a Senate and the House of Representatives.
The House is composed of 435 representatives elected every 2 years, and the Senate consist of 100 members elected every 6 years.
LEGISLATIVE
Senate
Senate powers:
-Approves all treaties;
-Approves all appointments;
-Chooses the VP in an Electoral College tie;
-Acts as the jury in all trials of impeachments
Senate
House of Representatives
House of Representatives
H.O.R Powers:
-Lower house of the US Congress;
-Bills(a bill is proposed legislation under consideration by either of the two chambers of Congress)start here;
-passage of federal legislation;
-Starts the impeachment process;
EXECUTIVE
The power of the Executive Branch is vested to the President of the United States.They act as the head of state and Commander in Chef of the armed forces.
EXECUTIVE
LEVELS
Federalism:
National Government
States Government
Local Government
LEVELS
National Government
"Chief of States"
"Chief Executive"
"Chief Diplomat"
"Chief of Party"
National Government
The White House
The White House is located in Washington D.C, has a lot of history behind all those walls and decorations like how it was built, who lived there, and why so many rooms. There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms,412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplace, 8 stair cases, and 3 elevators.
The White House
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-1791 Gorge Washington picked the location
-John Adams was the first President lived there
-1902 Roosevelt added the West Wing
-1952 Truman had major changes made inside
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Who built it ?
The White House was built by James Hoban and Benjamin Henry Latrobe; in 13 October 1791.
Who built it ?
Style
-It is made out of aqua and sandstone painted white;
-has a Balcony ;
-Neo-classical style;
-There is a Thomas Jefferson statue (1800);
Style
Inside the White House
Inside
-President and family live in upper floors;
-There are two large Wings:
East Wing
-Extra offices,First Lady, hides underground bunker;
West Wing
-President works there with about 50 employees
-Cabinet room where senior officers meet
-Oval office where President does most of work
JUDICIAL
While the Executive and Legislative branches are elected by the people.
Congress determines the jurisdiction of the Federal Court. The Constitution grants the Supreme Court original jurisdiction.