Key Concepts
means the power in government belongs to the people
What is democracy?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This case deals with Federalism
What is McColluch v Maryland?
Key plans at the Constitutional Convention
What were the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan?
The rules and institutions that make up a system of policymaking
What is Government?
4 Characteristics that define a state
What are: population, territory, sovereignty, and government?
Declares that each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, independence
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The SCOTUS case that set the precedent of Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Document used to Govern the States after the Revolutionary War
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A group that wished to ratify (make into law) the Constitution WITHOUT a Bill of Rights
Who are the Federalists?
Theory that says states were born by force
What is the Force Theory?
A large republic is the best way to mitigate the negative effects of factions
What is Federalist 10?
This clause of the Constitution stated that the Federal Government had the power to create the 2ns National Bank in McColluch v Maryland
What is the necessary and proper clause?
5 aspects under the 1st Amendment
What are freedom of: speech, press, petition, assembly, and religion (free exercise and establishment clauses)
the constitutional principle that creates a system where national and state governments have both separate and shared powers
What is Federalism?
The philosophy of John Locke used in the Declaration of Independence
A Bill of Rights is necessary to add to the Constitution because it will protect individual rights and liberties from the Government
What is Brutus I?
The main reason Chief Justice John Marshall denied the states the right to tax the Federal Government in McColluch v Maryland
What is "The Power to Tax is the Power to Destroy?"
What are: 2 houses of Congress, Reps in House is based on population, Reps in Senate is equal
a number of citizens who are united by a common impulse of passion that goes against the rights of other citizens
What is a faction?
The aspect of the Declaration and John Locke that was used to attempt to justify the riot at the capitol on January 6
What is the Right of Revolution?
If men were angels there would be no need for government
What is Federalist 51?
The precedent that was set because of Marbury v. Madison
What is Judicial Review?
The compromise at the constitutional convention that made slavery a more lucrative commodity
What is the commerce and slave trade compromise?
the idea that people give up some of their individual freedoms to a government or society in exchange for protection, security, and social order
What is the Social Contract?