Factions and Actions
The Article of Confusion
The Constitution Solution
Found Our Way Here
Whose Power
100

Madison argued this type of political system best controls factions.

What is a large republic?

100

Under the Articles, the national government lacked this basic financial power.

What is the power to tax?

100

This compromise created a bicameral legislature.

What is the Connecticut (Great) Compromise?

100

This founding document says governments get their power from “the consent of the governed.”

 What is the DOI?

100

Powers shared by state and federal governments are called this.

What are concurrent powers?

200

This theory says policymaking happens because multiple groups compete and compromise.

What is the pluralist theory?

200

Under the Articles, Congress couldn’t regulate this type of trade

What is interstate commerce?

200

Adding this document that protects personal freedoms helped the Constitution's Ratification.

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

This Anti-Federalist author feared that representatives would become detached from citizens if the republic grew too large.

Who is Brutus?

200

This amendment is the usual citation for states’ rights.

What is the 10th Amendment?

300

Brutus argued that representatives in a large republic might ignore their constituents due to this factor.

What is political and physical distance?

300

The Articles required this amount of votes for amendments.

What is all of them/ unanimous?

300

This compromise counted enslaved people for representation purposes.

What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?

300

Madison wrote this paper explaining why factions are inevitable.

What is Federalist No. 10?

300

This clause gives Congress implied powers.

What is the Necessary and Proper/Elastic Clause?

400

Elitist theory argues political power is concentrated among this group.

What are the wealthy or elite?

400

The economic chaos under the Articles highlighted the need for this constitutional feature that ensures national laws outweigh local ones.

What is national supremacy?

400

This fraction of Congress must propose a constitutional amendment

What is two-thirds of Congress?

400

This Enlightenment idea says people give up some freedom in exchange for government protection.

What is the Social Contract?

400

The Supreme Court often looks at this clause to decide whether federal laws override state laws.

What is the Supremacy Clause?

500

Federalist 10 and Brutus 1 disagree over whether this new structure protects or endangers liberty.

What is a strong federal government?

500

Because the national government lacked executive power, it struggled to handle these internal crises/wars.

What are rebellions?

500

The debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists was primarily over this issue.

What is the power of the Federal Gov?

500

The Federalist Papers were actually written by these three guys.

Who are John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison?

500

This court case strengthened federal supremacy through the Elastic Clause.

What is McCulloch v. Maryland?

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