| Term | Definition |
| Legislative Branch | can impeach and remove President and other high officals |
| Legislative Branch | prints and coins money |
| Legislative Branch | raises and supports armed forces |
| Legislative Branch | declares war |
| Legislative Branch | regulates foreign and interstate trade |
| Executive Branch | proposes laws |
| Executive Branch | can veto laws |
| Executive Branch | serves as commander in chief of armed forces |
| Executive Branch | appoints federal judges, ambassadors, and other high offcials |
| Executive Branch | can grant pardons to federal offenders |
| Executive Branch | Carries out laws |
| Judicial Branch | interprets laws |
| Judicial Branch | can declare laws unconstitutional |
| Judicial Branch | can declare executive actions unconstitutional |
| Judicial Branch | passes laws |