VOCAB
This clause in the Constitution required states to respect each other's laws
Full Faith & Credit Clause
This theory of democracy claims that public policy is created by those who are wealthy and powerful.
What is the Elite Theory?
These types of philosophers believed the people agreed to be governed and government agreed to protect natural rights of the citizens.
What is social contract?
This is the branch of government that approves presidential appointments.
What is the legislative branch?
This part of the constitution gives the national government power over the states
supremacy clause
An order given to the states by the federal government. Sometimes they are funded and sometimes they are unfunded. Ex. No Child Left Behind
What are mandates?
This theory of democracy claims public policy is determined by competing non-governmental interest groups.
What is pluralism or the pluralist theory?
Thomas Jefferson plagiarized this philosopher's theory of natural rights in the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
This agreement at the Constitutional Convention created the bicameral legislative branch.
Powers based on open interpretation given by the Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)
What are implied powers?
The U.S. constitution added further separation of powers by making Congress a _______________ legislature
bicameral
What theory claims that individual citizens drive policy changes through their involvement in society
Participatory government
The idea of a separation of powers came from this philosopher's "Spirit of the Laws"
Who is Montesquieu?
This is the branch of government that enforces law
Executive Branch
This part of the constitution give the federal government the ability to occasionally interfere with state powers to ensure equality
14th amendment
This is the idea that government should be made up of leaders who are elected for a limited period of time
Republicanism
This is the theory of the origin of government that the framers accepted when they wrote the Constitution.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
This philosopher believed all people where born violent/selfish, and they needed a monarchy to control them
Hobbes
This is the branch of government that interprets the law
Judicial branch
This was added to the Constitution to ensure the federal government did not abuse its power and deprive citizens of their rights
Bill of Rights
Term that refers to when responsibilities and power is passed to or held by the states.
What is devolution?
The electoral college best represents what type of democracy
elite democracy
The philosophy of popular sovereignty is best represented in what part of the Constitution?
Preamble (We the People...)
The "Required Document" that worked to persuade passage of the Constitution by defending the three branches' checks and balances relationship along with separation of powers.
What is Federalist #51?
This document argued that the national government needed to be stronger to ensure that factions did not destroy minority rights
Federalist 10