Ideals & Principles of Democracy
Describe the democratic ideal of the social contract.
An implicit agreement among the people in a society to give up some freedoms to maintain social order.
Describe one key weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
- Lack of centralized military power
- Lack of an executive branch
- Lack of national court system
- Lack of power to regulate interstate commerce
- Lack of power to coin money
Which article of the Constitution lists the expressed powers of the judicial branch?
Article III
the sharing of power between the national government and the states
This movie is the highest grossing movie of the year so far
Barbie
Describe how the system of Checks and Balances is reflected in our government.
The three branches of the federal government all have powers that allow them to check the power of the other branches. This allows for the government to ensure a balance of power.
Federalists: supported big federal government, concerned that a decentralized government could not handle rebellion
Anti-Federalists: supported more powerful state governments, feared a powerful federal government, wanted protection of civil rights via BoR
Describe the Great Compromise.
Create a bicameral system of congressional representation with the House of Reps being based on each state's population and the Senate representing each state equally.
Describe the difference between a block grant and a categorical grant
Categorical grants are more specific and contain more restrictions on spending, Block grants are more general and have less restrictions on how they can be spent
What is Taylor Swift’s lucky number?
13!!!!!!!!!
Describe the difference between the pluralist and elite theories of democracy.
Pluralists: democracy functions best with groups of people fighting for government attention
Elite: Wealthy individuals control the government
Explain how Shay's Rebellion highlighted weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
Shay's rebellion highlighted the weaknesses of the AOC because they demonstrated that the federal government did not have a strong enough military to ward off rebellion
Describe one concurrent power of the governments of the US.
- power to tax
- power to set laws of/about education
- power to establish courts
Describe the difference between implied powers and reserved powers.
- implied powers are only for the federal gov, come from necessary and proper clause
-reserved powers are only for the states, come from 10th amendment
Which three states share a border with California?
Arizona, Nevada and Oregon
Explain why Madison believes a republic is the best government to handle the effects of a faction.
Representatives can act as a filter and use their wisdom to limit the effect of factions on the government.
Explain why the drafters of the Articles of Confederation did not give the federal government the power to regulate commerce
- money $$
- did not want the federal government to have the power to eradicate the slave trade
Explain how the Bill of Rights was a compromise between the Federalists & Anti Federalists
The Anti Federalists did not want to agree to the new constitution unless the Federalists added in provisions that guaranteed the federal government could not interfere with the rights of the citizens and the states.
Explain why the federal government prefers the use of categorical grants and not block grants
-they can ensure that states are following the federal government's policy priorities
Which president was a licensed bartender?
Abraham Lincoln
Explain how the US Constitution establishes a social contract between the citizens and our government.
- electing representatives
- "We the People"
- giving up some of our freedoms in exchange for a limited government
Explain the effect of the SCOTUS decision in Marbury v Madison on the power of the Judicial Branch
gave them way more power that was initially intended by the founders
Explain why the Necessary & Proper Clause has expanded congresses power significantly over the years.
Judicial Review - the SCOTUS has defined this clause very broadly and ruled to allow congress a lot of power to exercise this clause
Explain how the system of federalism creates multiple access points for individuals, groups and stakeholders to influence public policy.
There are multiple levels of government where individuals can impact their government, such as voting in federal elections and petitioning your state government
What year was the first iPhone released?
2007