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Contemporary Legislation and the Balance of Power

9th Grade · Social Studies · TEKS

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Learners will analyze modern government legislation and evaluate how events have shifted power among the three branches of government.

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us-tx113.41(b)(19)(B)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Social-studies · 9th Grade

evaluate the impact of relationships among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, including Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices and the presidential election of 2000.