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  Crash Course: Government and Politics: Checks and Balances

  05:47

  Politics

  u.s. government

  separation of powers

  checks and balances

  legislative branch

  judicial branch

  executive branch

  MS HS

  Craig explains why the Founding Fathers implemented checks and balances into the government and how this concept keeps all the branches equal and in check.

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  NBC News Learn: War Powers Act

  02:37

  History

  Politics

  vietnam war

  checks and balances

  foreign policy

  militarization

  disillusionment

  legislative branch

  executive branch

  HS C

  The news slips reports on the events leading up to the passing of the War Powers Act, and the further implication of this law. The legislative branch is given more power to limit the president's control to send troops into war.

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  This Is America, Charlie Brown: Chief Executive Branch

  02:02

  History

  u.s. government

  debate

  election

  executive branch

  u.s. history

  constitutional convention

  E MS

  This clip describes the Executive branch of government in the U.S. In developing the branch, the Founding Fathers decided who held authority and the powers this person should have.

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  NBC News Learn: White House

  03:33

  Politics

  Speaking and Presentation

  government

  checks and balances

  congress

  president

  constitution

  executive branch

  MS

  The president upholds the executive branch of government. They may seem to have absolute power, but the Constituion ensures that it is distrbuted evenly, with the checks and balances system.

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  NBC News Learn: National Archives

  03:42

  Politics

  government

  declaration of independence

  executive branch

  MS

  The Declaration of Independence is the outline for America's democracy. As federal documents are within the people's right to view, they are accessible at the National Archives.

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  Schoolhouse Rock!: Three Ring Government

  02:59

  Social Studies

  u.s. government

  separation of powers

  checks and balances

  E MS HS

  This clip describes the separation of powers in the United States government. The three branches of the government are the Executive branch, the Legislative branch, and the Judicial branch. Each branch performs checks on the other to ensure that no one branch becomes more powerful than the other two.

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  Liberty's Kids: A New Form of Government

  00:39

  Social Studies

  u.s. government

  separation of powers

  checks and balances

  E MS

  Benjamin Franklin describes to Sarah and James the new form of government envisioned by James Madison and George Washington. It has three branches of government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Ben Franklin explains the power that each branch yields and discusses the debate among the delegates about the number of representatives held by each state.

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  NBC News Learn: What is Congress?

  03:03

  History

  congress

  executive

  legislative

  judicial

  laws

  MS HS

  The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial are the three branches of the US federal government. Congress makes up the legislative branch and is in charge of passing and creating laws.