Actions that should be preformed by all citizens but are not required by the law are called FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES
There is a system called checks and balances (made so no branch can become more powerful then the other branch) There are 3 branches, Judicial, Executive, and then the Legislative.
The <u>Executive branch has the president within it</u>, also please keep in mind <u>supreme court members are within the judicial branch</u>. The executive branch can appoint federal judges, which is one way they have a "check" power over the "supreme court".
<span> between reconstruction and the dawn of the new century, the gilded age saw rapid industrialization, urbanization, the construction of great transcontinental railroads, innovations in science and technology and the rise of big business.</span>