Who Rules
America's system of government
Democracy
Acceptable answers: Representative democracy, Republic,
Supreme law of the United States
Constitution
Policies about a nation's internal affairs
Domestic Policy
Freedoms protected from government interference
Civil liberties
Minimum voting age
18
System ruled by a small group of people
Oligarchy
Interprets the laws in the U.S.
The Supreme Court
This branch of government is mainly responsible for foreign policy
Executive branch
Protections against discrimination
Civil Rights
1st round election to choose party candidate
Primary election
system of power divided between central and regional governments
Federal
System prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
Checks and balances
Protecting national interest and security
Foreign Policy
Fair treatment through the legal system
Due process
A system in which elector choose a president
Electoral College
a loose alliance of independent states with a weak central government
Confederation
This case established the principle of judicial review
Judicial Review
Negotiating and managing relationships between America and other nations
Diplomacy
Treaties is not the answer
Supreme court cases that ended racial segregation in public schools?
Brown v Board of Education
Polarized areas of a political map
Gerrymandering
Ruled by a single person, including dictatorships and absolute monarchies
Autocracy
Which clause allows Congress to make laws not specifically listed in the Constitution
Elastic Clause
Setting taxes are an example of
Domestic policy
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Meeting where party members choose candidates
Caucus