Vocab
A system of government in which all people vote on all matters.
Participatory Democracy
The case in which judicial review was established
Marbury v Madison
A Lawyer from Virginia who was one of the founding fathers responsible for writing the Constitution.
James Madison
The paper, written by Thomas Jefferson, which states that the colonies would no longer be a part of Great Britain
Declaration of Independence
The ability to create and enforce laws regarding health, safety, and morals
police powers
A system of government in which interest groups gain representation.
Pluralist Democracy
The case in which a federal bank was deemed constitutional by implied powers
Author of the Declaration of Independence and eventual founder of the Democratic Republican Party
Thomas Jefferson
The first governing documents of the United States
Articles of Confederation
powers such as levying taxes and making laws which belong to both the federal and state governments
concurrent powers
The group of representatives which votes for the president.
Electoral College
The case which denied the government the ability to overstep its bounds via the commerce clause, setting a precedent
United States v Lopez
A federalist who was the first secretary of the treasury.
Alexander Hamilton
The stronger replacement for the governing documents for the United States
Constitution
The article which forces all states to accept all other states' records, public acts, and judicial decisions
Article IV
The separation of powers between federal and state governments
Federalism
The main clause in question of the US v Lopez case
Commerce Clause
A disgruntled farmer who started a rebellion in Massachusetts
Daniel Shay
The article which allows the Constitution to be amended
Article V
The federal government's power to influence decisions and actions via the control of grant money
fiscal federalism
The giving of power back to the states from the federal government
Devolution
The ability of the supreme court to deem acts unconstitutional
Judicial Review
The Chief Justice of the United States during many of the pivotal decisions.
John Marshall
The list of rights guaranteed to the people, ratified along with the Constitution
Bill of Rights
The clause which gives the federal government any powers it needs
elastic clause