American culture geography politics society history economy

Initiative that put an end to dust storms in the US?

The Great Plains Shelterbelt

Nation -State? (according to the Montevideo Convention (1933)

permanent POPULATION

a defined TERRITORY

GOVERNMENT

capacity to enter into RELATION WITH OTHER STATES

The Great Seal of the United States (Why 13 arrows/leaves/olives?

Le grand sceau des Etats-Unis

13 colonies

(1776: 13 colonies declare their independance from Great Britain)

Lincoln def of democracy?

“government of the people, by the people, for the people”

(Gettysburg Address, Lincoln during Civil War, 1863)

Declaration of Indepencence?

Articles of Confederation?

US Constitution?

Bill of Rights + subsequent Amendments?

Declaration of Independence

1776

Articles of Confederation

1781

US Constitution

1789

(Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789)

Bill of Rights + subsequent Amendments

1781

2 types of applying laws in the US hybrid system:

Anglo-Saxon: case law and jurisprudence

Codified law (values, ideals, WRITTEN law)Co

Constant rotation but not all at the same time (some ppl in Congress stay for 2 years, others 4 and others 6)

How is a Justice appointed in the Supreme Court?

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Companies such as ____ sells prescription drugs that are abused and kill a lot of people

Big Pharma

Death penalty: how many and which states in the US?

Synonym?

People can be on “___” for a long time and die with

27 states have the death penalty

Death penalty = capital punishment

(depending on position)

5 states actually apply it:

Florida and Texas apply it

Oregon, California and Pennsylvania use it more rarely

Abortion arguments?

Who decides on abortion rights ?

Abortion:

Pro-choice or pro-life

Roe vs Wade (1973) —> abortion = possible in all states.

Legal up to 22 (usually 24) weeks through pregnancy

BUT states could restrain it

LANDMARK RULING in 2022 (Supreme Court):

Each state can decide.

Is gay marriage allowed in the US?

Who decides?

Each state decided until 2015 Landmark ruling (Obergefell vs Hodges).

Today, gay marriage is possible

DINKS?

Double Income no kids

(Gay couples)

Trial by jury

What is the “fourth estate”

The media is often called so.

“Speaking truth to power”

Declaration of Independence says if the government does not guarantee your inalienable rights, you can

Overturn the government