Virtual SC- Government CP final exam |329 vocabulary Terms|

government CORRECT ANSWER The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies Sovereignty CORRECT ANSWER supreme power or authority Federal Reserve System CORRECT ANSWER The country's central banking system, which is responsible for the nation's monetary policy by regulating the supply of money and interest rates Brain Trust CORRECT ANSWER Many of the advisers who helped Roosevelt during his presidential candidacy continued to aid him after he entered the White House. A newspaperman once described the group as "Roosevelt's Brain Trust." They were more influential than the Cabinet. Great Society CORRECT ANSWER President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program the Great Society. In 1965, Congress passed many Great Society measures, including Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education. Legitimacy CORRECT ANSWER the hereditary right of a monarch to rule authority CORRECT ANSWER the right to use power citizens CORRECT ANSWER People who had the right to participate in government Monarchy CORRECT ANSWER A government ruled by a king or queen Oligarchy CORRECT ANSWER A government ruled by a few powerful people Aristocracy CORRECT ANSWER A government in which power i