The Constitution gives the federal government many important duties: making laws, raising money and deciding how to spend It, protecting the U. S. and its allies by taking military action in foreign countries, and protecting Americans from
unconstitutional government actions at home. Governments at the state and local levels have important duties as well.
Some powers, like making war or signing treaties, belong to the federal government. Other powers, like making laws
regarding such things as marriage, belong to state governments. Local governments have their own powers as well, like
making laws and regulations that affect town or city residents. These include things like noise ordinances and zoning
regulations that determine how late one can play loud music or what parts of town factories can be located in. Use the
internet to learn more about the powers that are exercised by the three separate branches of the federal, state, and
local governments. Write an essay in which you discuss what each of the three branches of government does at each
level of government - federal, state, and local. What does each branch do? Do the branches interact with one another?
If so, how does one branch affect what the others do?
Upload (or submit your chart and submit your essay below. Review the rubric to see the grading criteria for this project.