AP GOVERNMENT SHORT WRITING Identify and discuss elements of the American view of the political system.

America has the political structure of a federal republic, with a federal government that is in charge of the administration of the nation, and state governments that exercise sovereignty over their respective territories in conjunction with the federal government.

In turn, its government is divided into three branches: the executive branch, in charge of the President, who is in charge of managing the nation's resources and enforcing its laws; the legislative power, in charge of Congress, that sanctions the laws of the nation; and the judiciary, in charge of the Supreme Court, whose function is to sanction those who violate the rules. Furthermore, all these powers of the government control each other through the checks and balances system.

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