Unit 1.1
A government ruled by the consent of those it governs or sometimes called an indirect democracy
Hint: What the US is now
What is a Republic
The specific clause in Article 1 section 8 that allows Congress to make all laws that are ----------- to carry out the powers of the constitution
Hint: The name of the clause is literally written into it itself
What is The Necessary and Proper Clause
Specific grant used for target categories, granted to states by the central government
Hint: The Categories this is targeted towards tend to be more highly specific and towards public infrastructure.
What are Categorical Grants
A system in which power is divided between national and state government
Hint: Alexander Hamilton named his political party after this
What is Federalism
An action highlighted in the constitution that Congress can take to remove the president from office
Hint: Nixon is the only one who was pretty much there (as of now)
What is Impeachment
Response to the Federalist 10 that argued against ratifying the constitution, framing it as a danger to the people by creating a strong central government
Hint: Titled after a VERY famous Roman figure
What is Brutus 1
An amendment of the constitution that gave states and people the powers not delegated to the national government
Hint: This is where implied powers and reserved rights for the states came from
What is the 10th amendment
Hint: States tend to Block out their broad plans then send them to the government to ask for funds, which are approved or denied
What are Block Grants
An agreement that each slave counted as only 3/5'ths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes.
Hint: It was a compromise
What was the Three-Fifths Clause
A statement the president may issue while signing a Bill into a law that influences how it can be interpreted and executed
Hint: It's literally in the prompt
What is a Signing Statement
Theory that people are free & equal upon natural rights, & must enter a contract to be governed by giving their consent
Hint: Socialism is heavily influenced by (and partially named after) this theory.
What is Social Contract Theory
This landmark supreme court case established the principle of Judicial Review
Hint: It was also a major political scandal for Jefferson in 1803
What was Marbury v. Madison
The people who opposed strong centralized government and the ratification of the constitution, but supported a strong and state government
Hint: It's not the democratic republicans
What are Anti-Federalists
This compromise introduced Bicameral legislature and was discussed during the Constitutional Convention
Hint: Named after a "great" northern state
What was the Connecticut Compromise or What was the Great Compromise
The executive branch's power to deny a bill being passed to a law
Hint: "Oh I'm just a Bill, yes I'm only a Bill, and I'm sittin' here on capital hill..."
What is a Veto
Enlightenment thinker who came up with the popular idea of natural rights and who was cited as one of the major bases for the declaration of independence
Hint: He was very early in the enlightenment and died around 71 years before the Declaration
Who was John Locke
Legislature involving two houses & what our congress is currently defined as
Hint: Think "humps"
Powers shared by national and state government
Hint: Think of two connecting rivers
The meeting held in 1787 in Philadelphia to revise the articles of confederation
Hint: Old-timey comic-con
What was the Constitutional Convention
Hint: Think NRA & the like
What is a Focus Group
Enlightenment thinker who advocated for separation of powers in the government, forming branches that could check on another
Hint: The basis for Federalist 51 were his ideas
Who was Montesquieu
A clause in Article VI of the Constitution that makes the Constitution, National Laws, & Treaties take priority over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits
Hint: It is THE most important clause in the constitution and is was hated the most by Anti-Federalists
What is the Supremacy Clause
Hint: Think Farmers
What was Shay's Rebellion
Highly controversial law passed after 9/11 that vastly expanded federal law enforcement authorities to move against suspected terrorists; criticized for worries over citizens privacy
Hint: Sounds like an Act Trump would pass
What is the Patriot Act
A Federalist paper written to argue for the separation of powers in government and how it minimizes risks of tyranny
Hint: Madison wrote this one
What is Federalist 51