USA Flashcards
Key political features
Legislative branch
Executive branch
Judicial branch
Legislative branch (congress)
Made of two parts (house of representatives, senate)
Can introduce, debate and vote on a bill
Once both house and senate agree it is passed on to president for approval
Duty to make laws for approval
For example working on restricting immigration and repealing Obama care
Judicial branch (Supreme Court)
Appointed by president
Job to settle disputes, has final say
For example 2015 decided same sex marriage ban was illegal
Executive branch (president)
Gets help from Vice President and department heads like head of state, chief executive and chief legislator
Approves laws
Participation in USA
Protesting- woman’s march
Interest groups- nra
Voting and standing as candidate
Joining and campaigning for political party
More likely to participate in politics
Older people
White men
Wealthy people
Better educated people
Less likely to participate in politics
Young people
Ethnic minority’s
Poor people
Less educated
underRepresentation in USA
Women
Ethnic minority’s
USA economic influence
Counties rely on jobs - 90,000 jobs in Scotland are in American companies
Countries rely on trade - 4.5 billion worth of trade sold to USA by Scottish business
Countries rely on tourism - USA is Scotland’s number one source of tourism
Political influence of USA
Restricting women’s rights - abortions
Creating conflict - isreal and Palestine feud
Harming global efforts - climate change deal
Militaristic influence of USA
Makes other countries avoid conflict - no war since japan in ww2
Forcing others to spend more to compete - USA represents 36x of all military spending
Making other countries willing to host bases - leading contributor to nato
Social issues
Immigration both legal and illegal
