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SupCt/Reagan/Econ
VUS.15a,15d,15e
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what 3 ways has the U.S. Supreme Court played an important role in recent years? | 1) Defining a constitutional right to privacy 2) Supporting equal rights 3) Upholding the rule of law |
| Who was the 1st African-American to serve on the Supreme Court? | Thurgood Marshall |
| Who was the 1st woman to serve on the Supreme Court? | Sandra Day O’Connor |
| Who was the 2nd African-American to serve on the Supreme Court? | Clarence Thomas |
| Who was the 2nd woman to serve on the Supreme Court? | Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| How have Supreme Court decisions affected individual rights since the 1954 Brown decision? | Expanded individual rights |
| What movement served as a model for other groups to work for civil rights and equal justice? | Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s |
| How have the federal courts protected employment opportunities for American women? | 1) 1964 Civil Rights Act 2) Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment |
| What is the Supreme Court’s most famous right to privacy decision? | Roe v. Wade |
| How did the Supreme Court rule in Roe v. Wade? | Said that women have the right to get an abortion during the first 3 months of pregnancy |
| What was the constitutional basis of the Roe v. Wade decision? | State laws making abortion a crime violated the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. |
| According to Roe v. Wade, what does the 14th Amendment’s Due Process clause protect? | 1) Protects the right to privacy against state action 2) Protects a woman’s right to end her pregnancy |
| What is federalism? | Power sharing between the federal government and the states |
| What was Ronald Reagan’s political philosophy (ideas)? | 1) Conservative 2) Was against the federal government taking away power from the states |
| What was 1 result of the “Reagan Revolution”? | The idea that the size and power of the federal government was too big |
| What kinds of things did the “Reagan Revolution” support? | 1) Cut taxes 2) Move power from the federal government to the states 3) Appoint federal judges who believed in “judicial restraint” 4) Reduce the number of government programs and regulations |
| What did President Reagan want to do? | 1) Reduce the size and power of the federal government 2) Turn over federal government decisions to state governments or private citizens |
| What was Reagan’s belief about national defense? | National defense was one of the main duties of the federal government. |
| What was Reagan’s position on military spending? | Increase it |
| What are 4 economic indicators used by the federal government to make decisions about economic policy? | 1) Gross Domestic Policy (GDP) 2) Exchange rates 3) Inflation 4) Unemployment rates |
| What is GDP? | The market value of the goods and services produced by a country |
| What 2 types of policy does the federal government use to encourage a healthy economy? | 1) Monetary policy 2) Fiscal policy |
| What is America’s central bank? | Federal Reserve |
| Who controls monetary policy? | Federal Reserve |
| What is monetary policy? | Federal Reserve actions to influence the availability of money and credit for individuals and business groups |
| What action does the Federal Reserve take if it believes the American economy is slowing down? | Cuts interest rates |
| What is inflation? | When prices increase and the dollar buys less |
| What does the Federal Reserve do if it believes the American economy is overheating and thereby causing inflation? | Raises interest rates |
| What is fiscal policy? | Federal government taxing and spending actions which influence consumer demand and business activity |
| Who controls fiscal policy? | The President and Congress |
| Under fiscal policy, what may Congress and the President do if the economy is slowing down? | 1) Cut taxes 2) Increase federal spending |
| Under fiscal policy, what may Congress and the President do if they believe the economy is overheating and thereby causing inflation? | 1) Increase taxes 2) Cut federal spending |
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