I learned in 5th grade that: Executive Branch-Like The President Judicial Branch-This is where they make the laws AND Legislature Branch- The House of Representitives and the Senate! ~Hope this helps you!
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The division of the United States government is referred to as the separation of powers. The government is divided into three equal branches, the Legislature, the Executive, and the Judicial.
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The separation and distribution of the power of the government among the three branches of the national government.
Separation Of Powers
To put the question into context, in the United States of America, government is actually a Republic, and not a Democracy. Our Federal Government has three branches - The Legislative Branch (House and Senate - Congress); The Judicial Branch (Courts) and the Executive Branch (Office of the President and Cabinet Members) The National Government - Meaning the States in the Union - are headed by smaller versions of the three branches - The State Government. The term "Republic" means that although we have an overall, Federal System; States in the Union (The Republic) - Still retains ability to self-govern laws that are not pre-empted by federal law and the Constitution of the United States.