Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
Democratic Ideals
Types of Democracy
Constitution and its crappy older brother
Federalism
100

A group of citizens with a common interest adverse to the rights of other citizens

What is a faction

100

This philosopher greatly influenced the political thought on matters like social contract and natural rights

Who is John Locke

100

Participatory democracy advocated for this

What is direct action and input from the people

100

The document created the original American government, complete with a weak central government, no real power to govern, and riotous farmers

What are the Articles of Confederation

100

In the United States, power is divided among these levels of government

What are national, state, and local

200

These three men wrote the Federalist papers

Who are Madison, Hamilton, and Jay

200

This is the belief that our rights come from God rather than mankind

What is natural rights

200

Elite democracies want these people to be making decisions

What are educated and/or wealthy people 

200

In debate of representation in the national government, larger states wanted this

Representation by population

200
These types of grants are given from the national government with few strings attached

What are block grants

300

This document was written to show the importance of separation of powers and checks and balances

What is Federalist no. 51

300

This is the principle of governments deriving their political power from the people

What is popular sovereignty

300

This type of democracy advocates for the political activity of interest groups

What is a pluralist democracy

300

This event was a tipping point that demonstrated that the Articles of Confederation was insufficient 

What is Shays' Rebellion

300

These are grants given by the national government with many strings attached

What are categorical grants

400

In Federalist no. 51, Madison said that men are not these

What are angels

400

This is the idea of giving up some of our rights in order to be governed in a peaceful society

What is the social contract

400

People like Alexander Hamilton supported this type of democracy

What is an elite democracy

400

The compromise named after this state provided a bicameral legislature with representation based on population in the House and equal representation in the Senate

What is the Connecticut Compromise

400

This type of federalism has multiple layers of government operating with clearly defined boundaries

What is dual federalism 

500

This document argued that a small government was the best way to keep a faction from controlling and diminishing the natural rights of citizens

What is Brutus 1

500

This is the political principle of having people elect representatives to a larger body of government

What is Republicanism

500

This type of democracy would have been the type that Thomas Jefferson, an anti-federalist, supported

What is Participatory Democracy

500

In order, this amendment limited the power of the states and this amendment limited the power of the national government

What are the 14th and 10th amendments

500

This type of federalism involves less clearly-defined boundaries between multiple levels of government

What is cooperative federalism

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