The Fix Is In
The US congress under the Articles of Confederation lacked very specific powers, which was remedied in this article of the Constitution, such as taxing, drafting a military, and confirming certain govt. officials.
What is Article I?
I believe that governments exist based on the consent of the governed. People call my work the social contract theory. The Declaration of Independence was heavily influenced by my theories.
Who is John Locke?
The Virginia Plan
What is a strong national government, preferred by big states. Bicameral legislature?
Block grants and the Devolution Revolution
What is the States? Gives states more flexibility on how they spend their federal funds.
The proportion of both Houses of Congress necessary to propose an amendment to the Constitution.
What is 2/3?
The article of the Constitution allowed for the federal government to oversee interstate commerce between the states, which was not existent in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Article IV?
I led a rebellion of farmers in Massachusetts to protest the banks’ foreclosure of our mortgages. The national government couldn’t raise funds to put down my rebellion and Massachusetts had to turn to the private sector to fund troops.
Who is Daniel Shay?
The New Jersey Plan
What is just strengthen the Articles, not replace them. Preferred by small states. Unicameral legislature?
Categorical grants.
What is the national government? Requires that money be spent on specific federal priorities.
The clause in the Constitution that states that federal law will prevail in the event of a conflict between federal and state law.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The Articles made no provision for an executive branch that would be responsible for executing or implementing the laws passed by the legislative branch.
What is Article II? It creates the Presidency and vests the executive power in this office.
I wrote the Declaration of Independence, for my willingness to defend human liberty (definitely not because I owned other humans and Ben Franklin had syphilis)
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Great Compromise
What is bicameral – one house by population, one house equal?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Provide TWO amendments that expanded suffrage.
What is the 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, or 26th
The Articles had no provision for a judicial system to handle the growing number of conflicts and boundary disputes among the states.
What is Article III? It vests the judicial authority in the Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as the Congress shall ordain or establish.
I, along with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, wrote a series of articles in New York, advocating for the ratification of the Constitution. I worry about factions.
Who is James Madison?
The 3/5ths Compromise
What is determine representation and the apportionment of taxes by population, calculating slaves as 3/5ths of a person?
US v. Lopez
What is the states? Finally found the limit of the Commerce Clause.
This type of federalism consists of two levels of government with distinct and separate powers.
What is dual federalism? Also known as layer cake federalism.
The Articles of Confederation lacked this clause of the Constitution which could say allow for the opening of a national bank or placing limitations on carbon emissions.
What is the Necessary & Proper Clause or the Elastic Clause?
I famously wrote Federalist 51, which advocated for separation powers across the federal government. I also co-founded the Coast Guard and the NY Postal Service.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Checks and balances
What is a structure of government that gives each of the three branches a degree of oversight and control over the actions of the others to prevent any one from becoming too powerful?
10th Amendment
What is reserved powers? If not stated in the Constitution, it is assumed to be a power of the states.
The powers can be held by both states and the federal government, such as taxation.
What are concurrent powers?