Founding Ideals
What are natural rights according to the Declaration of Independence?
Name all three models of representative democracy?
Participatory, Pluralist, Elite.
Which group supported ratification of the Constitution?
Federalists
What was the first written plan of government for the U.S.?
Articles of Confederation
Necessary and Proper, Supremacy, Commerce, Due process, and equal protection
Which principle says all government power comes from the people?
Popular Sovereignty
Which model emphasizes broad participation in politics and civil society?
Participatory democracy.
Who wrote the federalists papers?
John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton
What are the first three articles of the constitution about?
Article I : Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
What type of power is reserved to the states under the 10th Amendment?
Reserved powers
The Declaration of Independence is based on which Enlightenment thinker’s ideas of natural rights and social contract?
Thomas Hobbes
Federalist No. 10 argues for which model of democracy to control factions?
Pluralist/large republic model to control factions
What compromise helped win Anti-Federalist support for ratification?
: Promise to add Bill of Rights.
Which event revealed the weakness of the Articles because the government could not stop the uprising?
Shays' Rebellion.
Which type of federalism is compared to a “layer cake” and which type is compared to a “marble cake”?
Layer cake = dual federalism
Marble cake = cooperative federalism
Name three out of the four ideals of democracy
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Popular sovereignty
Limited government
If Ms. Torres wants a representative democracy where only the smartest and most qualified people make decisions, which model of democracy best represents this
Elite Democracy – emphasizes limited participation where decision-making is placed in the hands of the most educated and qualified.
Summarize Madison’s main argument in Federalist No. 10 about factions
We can control the effects of factions through a republic.
A large republic disperses factions and prevents tyranny of majority.
Explain why the framers replaced the Articles with the Constitution.
Needed stronger central government to maintain order and unity.
What is the main difference between block grants and categorical grants?
Block grants = broad funding with few restrictions.
Categorical grants = narrow funding with specific restrictions.
What are the ideals that LIMIT government? Name and define 3 out of the 4
i. Separation of powers - 3 different branches that are separated and independent
ii. Checks and balances - Limiting another branch so no one branch becomes to powerful
iii. Federalism - relationship of power between state and federal government
iv. Republicanism - the idea that government authority comes from the people, and that elected representatives are chosen to make laws
Name two examples of interest groups that represent the pluralist model of democracy.
NRA
NAACP
PLANNED PARENTEHOOD
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
What was the Great Compromise, and what two plans did it compromise between?
The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) created a bicameral legislature:
House of Representatives based on population (Virginia Plan).
Senate with equal representation (New Jersey Plan).
Name 3 out of the 5 main weaknesses of the AOC that we talked about.
1. Lack of Centralized Government
2. No executive branch
3. No national court system
4. No power to regulate interstate commerce
5. No exclusive power to coin money
Which two Supreme Court cases helped define the balance of power between the national and state governments, and how did each affect federal power
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819): Confirmed federal supremacy --> Expanded federal govt. power
United States v. Lopez (1995): Limited federal power under the Commerce Clause