Gov and Econ Final

Enlightenment thinker who came up with the idea of natural rights

Freedom of speech, religion, petition, assembly, press

What does GDP stand for

The quantity of a good or service businesses are willing and able to sell at various prices

Court system is made up of three levels Trial, Appeals, Supreme

Government form where the power is in the hands of the people

Refusal to buy British Goods

What role of the president is being used when the president is carrying out the laws

Study of how individuals and societies allocate limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants.

This economic system encourages innovation and consumer choice, but can lead to inequality and a lack of basic services.

The fundamental economic problem where people have unlimited wants but limited resources.

The quantity of a good or service that consumers are able and willing to buy at different prices

Anti-federalists needed this to ratify the Constitution

A system given power to make laws and enforce them.

Compromise that gave both large and small states representation in congress headed by Rodger Sherman

Going head to head against other businesses lowers prices and creates better quality goods

Rule of law

To be divided in two parts or houses

The point on a supply and demand graph where supply and demand are equal

This branch of government enforces the laws

Focusing on something that you, your country, your state does better than anyone else.

Civil Rights act bans all forms of legal discrimination

This branch of government creates the laws

Main Author of the Declaration of Independance

Legislative branch consists of the Senate and House of Representatives

The Articles were weak because

This branch of government interprets the laws

Presidents have the power to veto bills stopping them from becoming laws

This ended segregation in schools

Government form where the power is in the hands of an elite few

Women get the right to vote through the 19th Amendment

The next best alternative given up when making a choice

The Articles of Confederation only had the legislative branch

Ability of a court to review actions taken by branches of government and rule them constitutional or not