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How many branches of Government are there?
3
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What does the legislative branch do?
Makes laws
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What does the executive branch do?
Carries out laws
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What does the judicial branch do?
Decides what the laws mean
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Name the branches of government.
Legislative, executive, judicial
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Because each branch has the responsibility for one key job of government, no one branch can become too powerful. What is this idea called?
Separation of Powers
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Checks and Balances
The idea that each branch of a government has powers that limit the other branches' powers
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Veto
Reject a bill
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Bill
A proposed law
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Override
To cancel the executive branch's veto or rejection of a proposed law