American History by Tosin https://padlet.com/doluwatosin14/gxd5ires4aee US Government and Presidency en-us 2017-11-28 12:48:03 UTC 2017-11-28 13:06:14 UTC hello@padlet.com The US Federal Structure doluwatosin14 https://padlet.com/doluwatosin14/gxd5ires4aee/wish/210850989 - The US is made up of 50 individual states
- Those states are united in a federation with one another, this means that each state shares its power with the federal government
- The federal government has power over foreign policy, military, taxation and trade
- Individual states are responsible for their own education systems, running elections, local taxes, the police and commerce
- Both federal and state governments share responsibility on areas such as the justice system, infrastructure and welfare
- This shared responsibility means there is considerable tensions over how much the federal government can tell individual states what to do ]]> 2017-11-28 12:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/doluwatosin14/gxd5ires4aee/wish/210850989 A System of Checks and Balances doluwatosin14 https://padlet.com/doluwatosin14/gxd5ires4aee/wish/210854168 1. Legislative Branch -  Congress
- Congress appeals presidential nominations and controls the budget
2. Executive Branch- The President
- The president can veto congressional legislation
3. The Judicial Branch- The Courts
- The court can declare laws unconstitutional]]> 2017-11-28 12:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/doluwatosin14/gxd5ires4aee/wish/210854168 Congress and Supreme Court doluwatosin14 https://padlet.com/doluwatosin14/gxd5ires4aee/wish/210857725 2017-11-28 13:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/doluwatosin14/gxd5ires4aee/wish/210857725