hist.g4.s.civ.federal_government_three_branches
Identify the federal government's three branches (continuing from G4-Fall state branches); explain Treaty Clause and the federal-treaty role
Identify the federal government's three branches: Executive (President + Vice President + Cabinet + Executive Branch agencies); Legislative (Congress — Senate + House of Representatives + child's own state's US Senators and US Representative by name); Judicial (Supreme Court + federal courts). Explain the Treaty Clause (Article II Section 2 of US Constitution — President negotiates, Senate ratifies by 2/3 vote). Connect to unit content: the Indian Removal Act 1830 passed Congress and was signed by President Jackson; the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 was negotiated by Executive and ratified by Senate; Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 1831 + Worcester v. Georgia 1832 were Supreme Court rulings. Vocabulary: branch, Executive, Legislative, Judicial, ratify, Treaty Clause, Senator, Representative.
- Confusing federal three branches with state three branches (G4-Fall) — they are PARALLEL structures
- Treating the Supreme Court as having final say on enforcement (the Jackson administration violated Cherokee Nation v. Georgia + Worcester v. Georgia rulings — naming this matters)
- Forgetting the 2/3 Senate ratification requirement for treaties
- Naming the President but not own Senators/Representative