Introduction (II)
Highways and parks are both examples of this, one means by which the government promotes the general welfare.
public goods
Under fiscal federalism, the national government gets states to obey rules by giving them this.
money
The first constitution of the United States.
Articles of Confederation
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
This case protected a woman’s access to abortion in the first trimester of her pregnancy.
Roe v. Wade
Ancient Athens had and parts of modern Switzerland have this type of government.
direct democracy
This set of government policies in the 1930s involved increasing government regulation of the economy.
New Deal
Name two critical powers that the national government under the Articles of Confederation lacked.
power to impose taxes
power to raise an army and navy
power to regulate interstate commerce
The most democratic part of the national government.
House of Representatives
Two of three groups on which courts have allowed rules restricting firearms.
felons, mentally ill, domestic abusers
In a representative democracy, the tendency to favor majority rule is balance by the need to protect these.
minority rights
The national government convinced the states to lower the drinking age by threatening to withhold this.
highway funding
This law passed under the Articles of Confederation laid out a plan for new states to join the Union.
Northwest Ordinance
Solution to the problem of protecting liberty while ruling a large nation.
federalism
Protection from this prevents an individual from being tried twice for the same crime.
double jeopardy
This type of government involves rule by a few people, and modern China would be an example.
oligarchy
The movement of devolution in the 1980s and 1990s resulted in their increasing power.
States
Means by which the different branches of government limit each other’s powers.
checks and balances
Solution to the question of whether slaves would be counted for purposes of representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) guaranteed the access of a criminal defendant to this.
an attorney
This value in U.S. political culture holds that people should be free to think and act as they choose as long as they do not harm others.
liberty
This is the basis of the implied powers of the national government.
necessary and proper clause
Supporters of the Constitution of 1787.
Federalists
Number of states participating in the Constitutional Convention.
Twelve
When a person is arrested, police must generally have a warrant to search this.
cell phone