7th-8th Grade UIL Social Studies Review
3 Branches of Government - ✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What does the Legislative Branch do? - ✔✔Creates laws. Is made of the Senate & House of
Representatives. (Congress)
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7th-8th Grade UIL Social Studies Review
3 Branches of Government - ✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What does the Legislative Branch do? - ✔✔Creates laws. Is made of the Senate & House of
Representatives. (Congress)
What does the Executive Branch do? - ✔✔Enforces the laws passed by Congress.
President, Governor.
What does the Judicial Branch do? - ✔✔Interprets (explains) the laws.
Supreme Court.
Limited Government - ✔✔a government that restricts government power.
Examples: Texas, United States, Mexico
Unlimited Government - ✔✔a government where the ruler has all the power.
Examples: North Korea, Cuba
Who is the Governor of Texas? - ✔✔Greg Abbott
Elected every 4 years.
Approve or veto bills.
Commander in Chief of military.
Who is the Attorney General of Texas? - ✔✔Ken Paxton
Elected every 4 years
Chief lawyer of Texas
Who is the State Comptroller? - ✔✔Glen Hegar
Elected every 4 years.
Responsible for collecting taxes and letting Congress know how much money is available.
Separation of Powers - ✔✔dividing powers of government between the three branches.
Political Parties - ✔✔Group of people who are organized for gaining government power.
Examples: Republican and Democratic parties
Oveta Culp Hobby - ✔✔1st director of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. (WAAC)
Was the Parliamentarian in the Texas House of Representatives.
As U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare she approved the use of Salk's vaccine to
prevent polio.
John Nance Garner - ✔✔Vice President of the U.S. from 1933-1941
Served in the Texas State Legislature.
Born in Detroit, TX and died in Uvalde, TX
As a legislator, his main efforts were to obtain a federal building for Eagle Pass and a new post
office in his district.
He has a personal scrapbook which is currently located at the Barker Texas History Center.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz - ✔✔Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II
from 1945-1947
United Nations Roving Ambassador
Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights.
The Nimitz Museum (located in Fredericksburg, TX) has evolved into the National Museum of
the Pacific War. As a bicentennial gift to the museum, a Japanese Peace Garden was sent.
Alexandre Hogue - ✔✔Painter known for his paintings of the Dust Bowl of the American
Southwest during the Great Depression.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - ✔✔The largest American New Deal agency,
employing millions of people to carry out public works projects.
Thomas T. Connally - ✔✔Texas Congressman who introduced the joint resolution for a
declaration of war with Japan.
Dust Bowl - ✔✔Drought and erosion caused b
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