Study Guide Review

List the 3 branches of government

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Senate

What system was put into place to keep any branch of government from becoming more powerful than another?

• Checks

• Balances

• Checks and Balances

Who can declare laws unconstitutional

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

What is the Bill of Rights

• First 10 Amendments of the Declaration of Independence

• First 10 Amendments of the Constitution

What is an amendment?

• an official change

• not an official change

First form of government used by the US

• Articles of Confederation

• 3/5 Amendment

• The Great Compromise

What are 3 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Single Branch Government

• Can raise taxes

• Could not make treaties w/other countries

• Could not raise taxes

Define Suffrage

• Right to vote

• No right to vote

Define Inflation:

• increase prices for goods and services combined with

  a reduced value of money

• decrease prices for goods and services combined with

  a reduced value of money

Define Depression:

• high economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment

• low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment