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7th Grade Courts and Checks on Power Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Courts and checks on power shows how the three branches limit one another and how federal courts are organized. There are 3 sheets for 7th grade here, each with an answer key. Checks and Balances in Real Cases uses six cases from Marbury v. Madison to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Structure of the Federal Courts fills in a pyramid, and Landmark Supreme Court Cases and Their Questions matches ten questions to cases. The sheets practice D2.Civ.4.6-8 and D2.Civ.3.6-8.

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Frequently Asked Questions

They are ways each branch of government can limit the others. In Marbury v. Madison the Court struck down part of a law from Congress, and in 1868 the House impeached President Andrew Johnson.

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