Goverment Flashcards
1
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What is direct action?
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- Any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result
2
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What was the USA’s federal system?
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- All individual states look after their own internal Affairs
- questions that concern other states (such as making treaties with other countries) are dealt with by Congress
3
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What are the Constitution?
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- Layout how the government is supposed to operate
- what the government is/isn’t allowed to do
- designed to stop one individual becoming too powerful
4
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What is Congress?
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- Congress and the president run the country
- made up of the Senate and House of Representatives
- Congress and Supreme Court act as watchdogs checking how the president behaves
5
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What is the Supreme Court?
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- makes sure US government doesn’t miss use their power and pass unfair laws
- Made up of judges usually experience lawyers
- they have the power to say that a law is unconstitutional if they feel like it will harm American citizens
6
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What are the different types of government parties?
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- Democrats
- Republicans
7
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What did the Republicans believe in?
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- “ laissez-faire” (leave alone)
- Stay out of peoples lives
- Favourite big businesses and don’t like high taxes because it pleases rich people
- Left businessmen alone to create jobs and spend money
8
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What did the Democrats believe in?
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- They favoured helping those in need
- they were an ordinary peoples party
- they preferred to intervene in every day life if needed be
9
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Who was Franklin D Roosevelt?
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- the president in 1933 to 1945
- a democrat leader
10
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What did Franklin D Roosevelt promise America?
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The 3 R’s :
- Relief ~ help for the sick, old and homeless
- recovery ~ government schemes to help provide jobs
- reform ~ make America a better place for ordinary people + ensure a great depression wasn’t to happen again
11
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Who is Harry S Truman?
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- President in 1945 after Roosevelt died
- Implement at the Marshall plan
- established the Truman doctrine and NATO
12
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What was Trumans fair deal?
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- Put in place to help Americans most in need to bring a fairer society (African Americans rights, poverty)
- Minimum wage was increased from 40 to 74%
- supported clearing of slums to make affordable houses
13
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Who was Herbert Hoover?
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- President in 1929 - 1933 (republican)
- believed America could overcome any problem without any help
- left America to recover on their own
- was a Republican favoured by businessmen and wealthy people
