The Branches of Government
of the United States of
America
The Executive Branch
President Vice-President
Biden Harris
The President’s Cabinet
Cabinet Members
1. Secretary of State
2. Secretary of the Treasury
3. Secretary of Defense
4. Attorney General
5. Secretary of the Interior
6. Secretary of Agriculture
7. Acting Secretary of Commerce
8.Secretary of Labor
9.Secretary of Health and Human Services
10. Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development
11. Secretary of Transportation
12. Secretary of Energy
13. Secretary of Education
14. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
15. Secretary of Homeland Security
Cabinet Level Posts
1.Vice President
2.White House Chief of Staff
3. Director of the Office of Management and
Budget
4. Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency
5.Trade Representative
6.Ambassador to the United Nations
7.Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers
Where the
Contains the Oval President lives More offices
Office & other offices
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building
The Legislative Branch
The Legislative Branch of the U.S. government
consists of two “houses” (or parts, or sections):
• The U.S. Senate
and
• The U.S. House of Representatives
Together they are referred to as:
the Congress of the United States
The U.S. Senate
“The House”
The Full Congress 500+ members
The U.S. Capitol Building
The Judicial Branch
• The primary purpose of the Judicial
Branch (“the Courts”) is to make
sure that laws enacted by the
Legislative Branch (Congress) are
consistent (agree) with the
Constitution of the United States of
America.
Chief Justice of the United States
“The Roberts Court”
9 Justices
Chief Justice Roberts
The U.S. Supreme Court
• The Judicial Branch of the U.S.
government is actually called the
Federal Court or the Federal Court
system and is made up of many courts.
There are hundreds of people who are
appointed as Federal Judges and they
serve throughout the United States.
• The Supreme Court is the highest court in
America and the Chief Justice is the highest
ranking legal judge in the U.S.
• The current Chief Justice is Chief Justice
Roberts and the court is referred to as, “The
Roberts’ Court”.
• The members of the Supreme Court are
appointed “for life”.
• “Balance of power” implies (means)
that no one branch of the government
has more power than the other two.
• Someone might refer to this system as
being a system of “checks and balance”.
Some questions about the U.S. government
1. What system of government does the United
States have?
2. What are the three “branches” of the U.S.
government?
3. What does “balance of power” mean?
4. What is the Cabinet?
5. What are “Cabinet-level posts”?
6. What is the Branch called that includes the
President of the United States?
7. What is the Branch called that includes
Senators and Representatives?
8. What is the Branch called that includes
judges?
9. Which branch works in the Capital Building?
10. What branch works in the White House?
11. What branch works in courtrooms
throughout the USA?
12. What is the leader of the Supreme Court
called?
13. What are posts such as the Vice-President of
the United States referred to as?
14. Who said this: “a government of the people,
by the people and for the people”?
15. Who has been the President of the U.S. for
the longest period of time?
16. When was the first President of the U.S.
elected?
Some questions about the U.S. government
1. What system of government does the United
States have?
2. What are the three “branches” of the U.S.
government?
3. What does “balance of power” mean?
4. What is the Cabinet?
5. What are “Cabinet-level posts”?
6. What is the Branch called that includes the
President of the United States?
7. What is the Branch called that includes
Senators and Representatives?
8. What is the Branch called that includes
judges?
9. Which branch works in the Capital Building?
10. What branch works in the White House?
11. What branch works in courtrooms
throughout the USA?
12. What is the leader of the Supreme Court
called?
13. What are posts such as the Vice-President of
the United States referred to as?
14. Who said this: “a government of the people,
by the people and for the people”?
15. Who has been the President of the U.S. for
the longest period of time?
16. When was the first President of the U.S.
elected?
