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US Gov · FRQ Trainer

Free-response 1 of 21 · Foundations of American Democracy

4 pts our rubric

The real US Gov Section II is 4 free-response questions in 100 minutes, 50% of your score. Concept application (3 points), quantitative analysis (4), SCOTUS comparison (4), and the argument essay (6) — 17 raw points. This prompt is ours, written to the same skills — score it against the rubric below, not against that structure.

Prompt

The United States Constitution establishes a system of checks and balances among the branches of government.

aDescribe a legislative check on the executive branch.1 pt

bExplain how the system of checks and balances prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful, using a specific constitutional example.1 pt

cDescribe an executive check on the judicial branch and explain its significance in shaping national policy.2 pts

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