Checks and Balances
Below you see five links that take you to images that explain our government's system of checks and balances. Your assignment today is to combine all of the information in these five graphics into a single chart explaining how each of our nation's three branches holds the power of the other two in check.
Checks and Balances 1
Checks and Balances 2
Checks and Balances 3
Checks and Balances 4
Checks and Balances 5
Checks and Balances 2
Checks and Balances 3
Checks and Balances 4
Checks and Balances 5
Lastly, after you have completed your chart, write a few sentences explaining why our founding fathers thought it necessary to hold government powers in check. ,