Politics
The right to use power.
What is Authority?
The Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
The predecessor to the Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
A political system where local and national units of government can make final decisions with respect to at least some governmental activities and whose existence is specially protected.
What is Federalism?
What is Elite?
The city the Constitutional Convention was held in.
What is Philadelphia?
The year the U.S. Constitution was ratified by the states.
What is 1788?
Concept of government founded by the Supreme Court which states the national government and state governments are supreme within their own spheres and these spheres should be kept separate.
What is Dual Federalism?
A legislator supports a proposal favored by another in return for support of his or hers.
What is Log-Rolling?
Supporters of the Constitution and opponents to the Constitution, respectively.
Who are Federalists and Antifederalists?
The goal of the American Revolution and what the Constitution partly protects.
What is Liberty?
The three types of power structures.
What are Enumerated, Reserved, and Concurrent Powers?
The four variants of politics.
What is Client Politics, Entrepreneurial Politics, Interest Group Politics, and Majoritarian Politics?
Author of the Federalists Papers.
Who is James Madison or Alexander Hamilton?
The composite plan created from the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.
What is the Great Compromise?
System in which federal funds can be distributed to the states for specific or non-specific purposes.
What is the Grants-In-Aid system?
The five views propagated about government.
What is Class View, Power Elite View, Bureaucratic View, Pluralist View, and Creedal Passion View?
This person's view on democracy the framers decided to follow.
Who is John Locke?
The year the Bill of Rights came into effect.
What is 1791?
The three aspects of Direct Democracy propagated by state governments.
What are Initiatives, Referendums, and Recalls?