Government
The Federalists were for a ___ while the Anti-Federalists were for more of a pure ___.
The Federalists were for a republic while the Anti-Federalists were for more of a pure democracy.
The document containing the famous phrase "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
All men are created ___ by ____
All men are created equal by God
They were ___ (for or against) the Constitution
They were for the Constitution
They were against the ratification of the ____
They were against the ratification of the Constitution
What are 3 different systems of government that all split the power between the national government and the state government?
Unitary, Confederal, and Federal system.
The document that paved the way for the Declaration of Independence
What is the Two Treatises of Government?
The natural rights of every man
What is Life, Liberty, and Property?
They argued that Republics counted ____ better than Pure Democracies, as representatives will decide for the good of the ___ instead of being swayed by popular opinion.
They argued that Republics counted factions better than Pure Democracies, as representatives will decide for the good of the people instead of being swayed by popular opinion.
What was the Anti-Federalists problem with a republic (a smaller pool of voters)
Corruption
Who gets all the power in a Unitary system of government?
The national government, which then uses the state governments as enforcement
What are the Federalist Papers?
The government's duty is to ___
The government's duty is to protect the natural rights of each citizen
They argued that Republics were better for larger countries (like America) because __________
They argued that Republics were better for larger countries (like America) because more people means more variety of parties and opnions and values
What does the risk of corruption in the representatives mean for the people (and their rights)
The people with be oppressed by representatives drunk with power and will have their rights trampled upon
Who gets all the power in a Confederal system of government?
The state government gets all the power in a Confederal system
The most famous anti-federalist paper
What is Brutus No. 1?
Tell me some ideals of democracy
Limited government, social contract, consent of the governed, popular sovereignty, and natural rights
They said that Pure Democracies fail with too many people because ________
They said that Pure Democracies fail with too many people because there is too much confusion and that the minorities get crushed
Why would a republic be ineffective and destructive to a country the size of America?
Not being able to properly manage and keep track of everything, resulting in the damaging of the people's rights.
How is power distributed in a Federal system of government, and what is the concept of dual sovereignty?
In a Federal system the National and State government splits the power.
Dual sovereignty is the concept that the National government is sovereign in its sphere and the State government is sovereign in its sphere, and the 2 spheres don't overlap.
The Document that many states demanded be written before the Constitution was enstablished
(The first 10 amendments)
What are the Bill of Rights
When the government is corrupt, negligent, and oppressive, it is the people's ___ to ___ or ____ it.
When the government is corrupt, negligent, and oppressive, it is the people's duty to alter or abolish it.
What were the advantages of a smaller group of representatives?
Too much representatives would mean chaos
Too little representatives would result in everyone coming together to get a predertemined result
What did the two excerpts from Brutus No. 1 say about the power of the central government
Because (1) Congress could make any law and that (2) Federal laws override stat laws, it meant that the central government had an insane amount of power, being able to overrule state decisions.