Members of the Continental Congress who wrote the Constitution wanted to prevent the possible misuse of authority by the federal government. So they divided the power between
three branches of government: (1) the executive branch (the president); (2) the legislative or 220
Congressional branch (the Senate and House of Representatives); and (3) the judicial branch
(the Supreme Court). A system of checks and balances among these three branches was 254
designed to keep each part of the federal government from becoming too powerful.
Powers 22
In the left-hand column below is a list of powers for each branch of government. The checks 109
and balances that restrain each branch are listed in the righthand column. Your task is to
match each statement with the correct branch of government. In the blanks, write E for
executive branch, L for legislative branch, and J for judicial branch.
Powers
Checks and Balances
1. administers the laws
17. may disapprove treaties
2. writes the laws
18. may disapprove presidential
3. interprets the laws
4. confirms pres
appointments to the Supreme
ntial appointments
Court
5. appoints ambassadors, judges, 19. may disapprove appointments
and other officials
of government officials
6. negotiates treaties
_20. may declare laws
7. ratifies treaties
unconstitutional
8. appropriates money,
9. conducts foreign policy
-21. may impeach the president
_22. may veto bills
10.
proposes laws
2 11. reviews court decisions
-23. may override a veto
24.
may
declare executive actions
12. commands armed forces
13. declares war
unconstitutional
225. may impeach Supreme Court
14. can amend the Constitution
judges
15. manages
the
government
_26. may propose Constitutional
16.
passes taxes
amendments to overrule
judicial decisions
_27. appoints Supreme Court
judges
_28. grants pardons
_29. can charge the president with
wrongdoing
EXECUTIVE
OD
LEGISL
JUDICIALS

wisdom

explanation:

the fact that that the teachings on the cosmic order comes from, or through, the heart center

it required the unanimous approval of the states before the congress could enact any measure.

the russian empire[a] was an empire that extended across eurasia and north america from 1721, following the end of the great northern war, until the republic was proclaimed by the provisional government that took power after the february revolution of 1917.[4]

the third largest empire in world history, at its greatest extent stretching over three continents, europe, asia, and north america, the russian empire was surpassed in size only by the british and mongol empires. the rise of the russian empire coincided with the decline of neighboring rival powers: the swedish empire, the polish–lithuanian commonwealth, persia and the ottoman empire. it played a major role in 1812–1814 in defeating napoleon's ambitions to control europe and expanded to the west and south.

the house of romanov ruled the russian empire from 1721 until 1762, and its matrilineal branch of patrilineal german descent the house of holstein-gottorp-romanov ruled from 1762. at the beginning of the 19th century, the russian empire extended from the arctic ocean in the north to the black sea in the south, from the baltic sea on the west to the pacific ocean, into alaska and northern california in america on the east.[5] with 125.6 million subjects registered by the 1897 census, it had the third-largest population in the world at the time, after qing china and india. like all empires, it featured great diversity in terms of economies, ethnicity, and religion. there were many dissident elements, who launched numerous rebellions and assassination attempts; they were closely watched by the secret police, with thousands exiled to siberia.

economically, the empire had a predominantly agricultural base, with low productivity on large estates worked by serfs (russian peasants) until they were freed in 1861. the economy slowly industrialized with the of foreign investments in railways and factories. the land was ruled by a nobility, the boyars, from the 10th through the 17th centuries, and subsequently by an emperor. tsar ivan iii (1462–1505) laid the groundwork for the empire that later emerged. he tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the golden horde, renovated the moscow kremlin, and laid the foundations of the russian state. emperor peter the great (1682–1725) fought numerous wars and expanded an already huge empire into a major european power. he moved the capital from moscow to the new model city of st. petersburg, and led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political mores with a modern, scientific, europe-oriented, and rationalist system.

empress catherine the great (reigned 1762–1796) presided over a golden age; she expanded the state by conquest, colonization and diplomacy, continuing peter the great's policy of modernization along western european lines. emperor alexander ii (1855–1881) promoted numerous reforms, most dramatically the emancipation of all 23 million serfs in 1861. his policy in eastern europe involved protecting the orthodox christians under the rule of the ottoman empire. that connection by 1914 led to russia's entry into the first world war on the side of france, the united kingdom, and serbia, against the german, austrian, and ottoman empires.

the russian empire functioned as an absolute monarchy on principles of orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationality until the revolution of 1905 and then became a de jure constitutional monarchy. the empire collapsed during the february revolution of 1917, largely as a result of massive failures in its participation in the first world war.