Theory & Democracy
Interest groups are a core feature of this type of democracy.
Pluralist Democracy
This groups beliefs on government were influenced by concerns about potential autocratic government from the Constitution.
Anti-Federalists.
The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) satisfied most states in the Constitutional Convention by creating this.
A bicameral legislature.
The powers of the federal government.
Exclusive/Delegated Powers
These grants to states have few restrictions on how they are used.
Block Grants
The Senate before the 17th amendment was an example of this kind of democracy.
Elite democracy.
The core argument of Brutus 1.
The country is too large and populated for one central government.
Articles I-III of the Constitution describe these:
The powers of the three branches of government.
The power to levy taxes is an example of this.
Concurrent Powers
These are orders from the federal government to the states requiring compliance.
Mandates
John Locke's concept of Natural Law was most influential for this found document.
The Declaration of Independence.
This group advocated for a new government after the failures of the Articles of Confederation.
Federalists
This part of the Constitution was a compromise with anti-federalists.
The Bill of Rights
Powers held exclusively by the states.
Reserved Powers
This court case addressed the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Participatory democracy.
Shays' Rebellion demonstrated this issue with the Articles of Confederation.
No central military.
This clause ensures that states respect other states laws.
The full faith and credit clause.
This amendment defined the concept of reserved powers.
10th amendment
This clause allows congress to regulate and manage economic activity between the states.
The representative democracy practiced in the United States has aspects from these types of democracy.
Participatory, elite, and pluralist
This issue with the Articles of Confederation caused the new nation to have difficulties paying off the loans and debts from the Revolutionary war.
No power for the central government to raise taxes.
This clause establishes the principle that all states must adhere to the Constitution.
The supremacy clause.
The general term for the federal government using funds to address issues across the states.
Fiscal Federalism
Different marijuana laws in the states demonstrates this reserved power.
Policing.