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America - Politics Flashcards

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What are the two main political parties in America?

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• REPUBLICANS

 - Trump
 - Rich ppl
 - Elephant

• DEMOCRATS

 - Obama
 - For the ppl
 - Donkey
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Describe the FEDERAL government

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  • TRUMP (president)
  • in charge of whole f**** country
  • controls: - immigration
                 - defence
             - post
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Describe the STATE GOVERNMENT

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• Controls

 - death penalty
 - gun control
 - age of consent
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Name the three levels of government

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FEDERAL

STATE

LOCAL

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Who can you vote for at federal level?

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President

Senator

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Who can you vote for at state level?

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Governor

E.g. Jerry Brown, CA

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Who can you vote for at local level?

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Dog catcher

Sheriff

E.g. former sheriff of YOLO Ed Prieto

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How can US citizens participate in politics?

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  • Vote in elections
  • Vote in propositions
  • Join a political party
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Describe propositions

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  • YES/NO votes
  • E.g. Colorado + California voted to legalise cannabis for recreational use
  • California voted NO to condoms in pornography
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What is the US constitution

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A set of rules which lays out how the country should be run

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What are the three branches of government in the US?

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  • Executive
  • Legislative (US Congress)
  • Judicial
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Who leads the executive branch of the US govt?

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The US president

E.g. Donald Trump

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What is the Congress (legislative branch of govt) split into?

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US House of Representatives (435 ppl)

US Senate (100 ppl)

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Who leads the Judicial branch of govt.?

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US Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justices

Eg Sonya Sotomayor

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What does the Executive branch of govt do?

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Suggest laws to Congress such as Affordable Health Care Act

Implement laws passed by Congress eg 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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What does Congress (legislative branch) do?

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Debate and pass laws before being sent to President for approval

Approve budgets eg 2018/19 govt shutdown as refused to approve money in budget to pay for wall

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What does the Judicial branch of govt do?

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Make sure laws Congress pass don’t break the constitution

Eg overruled Trump’s original travel ban in 2017

Recently ruled that all 50 states have to allow same sex marriage

18
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Describe checks and balances

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President controls the military

But only Congress can declare was. Such as air strikes on IS in Syria

19
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What is the US Bill of Rights?

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The US Bill of Rights contains the rights of US citizens

20
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Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens in America

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Right to vote

Right to Protest

Right to bear arms (own a gun) - 2nd Bill

Right to freedom of speech - 1st Bill

21
Q

Describe in detail the type of government which exists in the world power you have studied (political system)

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  • The USA is a democratic Federal republic
  • This means it has a federal government which is headed by a President who is elected by the people. Elections are held every 4 years and it is currently Donald Trump 💩
  • The federal Government is spilt into 3 branches: legislative, judicial and executive
  • Legislative branch is the law making branch called Congress and is made up of the Senate (100) and the House of Representatives (435)
  • Members of Congress are elected by the public
  • The federal government makes decisions which affect all 50 states (whole country)
    • Postal
    • Defence/war eg Afghanistan
  • Power is shared between Federal and State governments
  • Individual states allowed to pass their own laws on some issues:
    • death penalty
    • age of consent
    • gun ownership
22
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Explain in detail why more groups are participating in politics in your world power

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PROGRESS OF ROLE MODELS

  • Obama
  • black turnout exceeded white in 2012
  • Clinton
  • Ed Prieto
  • Sonya Sotomayor
  • 3 women on Supreme Court

SOCIAL MEDIA ENCOURAGEMENT

  • used by young ppl
  • led to increase in young ppl vote
  • FB I voted button
  • celebs eg Beyoncé for Obama
  • Obama won youth vote in 2012 67% to 30%
23
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Explain in detail why groups in your world power do not participate in politics

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WOMEN

  • put off running as candidate due to lack of role models
  • <24% congress is female
  • many feel women’s place is in the home
  • never female president
  • 51% population

ETHNIC MINORITIES

  • lack of role models
  • only ever 1 ethnic min pres
  • white Men = 38% pop hit 71% Senate 60% House so not reflect ethnic make up

POOR PPL

  • less likely to vote
  • more concerned w/ meeting their needs
  • tends to be less educated
  • feel politics isn’t relevant to them
  • 2012: only 46% ppl earning $150,000
24
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Explain why some consider your world power to be representative

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  • citizens are able to vote for ppl to represent them at 3 levels. Eg Trump, Jerry Brown, Ed Prieto
  • Freedom to protest. Petitions or mass protests to persuade the govt to alter laws. Eg March for our lives/ fight for $15
25
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Explain why some do not consider your world power to be representative

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  • Ppl face difficulty voting: ex felons + native Americans
  • restriction on protesting. Since trump in office 18 states passed laws to curb mass protests. Eg seize assets of protestors if turns violent
26
Q

Explain in detail why many groups feel they have made political progress in your world power

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WOMEN

  • 3/9 judges on Supreme Court are female
  • Clinton ran as democratic presidential candidate

ETHNIC MINORITIES

  • Obama
  • Successful standing for election at local level eg. Ed Prieto
  • Sonya Sotomayor is 1st Hispanic SC judge

NATIVE AMERICANS
- jump from 2 to 4 ppl in Congress

27
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Explain in detail why ppl feel the govt in your world power isn’t representative

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WOMEN

  • no female president
  • <24% congress is female but women are 51% of population
  • only ever been 4 female SC judges

POOR PPL
- majority congress = millionaires

RELIGIONS

  • congress remains overwhelmingly Christian
  • 90.7%

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