The big fat USA quiz Flashcards
3 branches of constitution
- legislative
- executive
- judicial
Legislative
- makes laws:
1. congress
2. senate
3. house of representatives
Executive
- carries out the laws
1. President
2. Vice President
3. Cabinet
Judicial
- interprets the laws
1. supreme court
2. other federal courts
the system of checks and balances
the ability of each branch to respond to the actions of the other branches
congress
- US equivalent of the British parliament
- consists house of representatives and the senate of US
Supreme Court
- responsible for deciding whether laws violate the constitution
Terms
- presidents elected for a 4 year term
- since FDR they can only be reelected for a second term
A Republic
form of gov where the country is considered a ‘public matter’ and not the private concern of the rulers
Federal government
consists of the president, congress and Supreme Court
The Great Depression
- began with the 1929 Wall Street crash
- US economy was characterised by there unprecedented unemployment in the 1930s
The New Deal legislation
- Roosevelts plan to get USA out of Great Depression
- programme of federal aid to those most I need
An isolationist
favouring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups
Republicans
- the conservative political party in US
- supports lower taxes, free-market capitalism, restrictions on immigration, increased military spending, gun rights, restrictions on abortion, deregulation, and restrictions on labor unions
Democrats
- the liberal political party in the US
- emphasises social equality and equal opportunity
