Federalism
Federalism is...
A form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states.
The institution in which a society makes and enforces it's public policies, is called...
A Government
A Participatory Democracy is...
A system of government where rank-and-file citizens rule themselves rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf.
The great compromise was...
Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house.
The Virginia Plan was...
"Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
Supporters of the Constitution are known as...
Federalists
A Representative Government is a system of government that...
Elects representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about laws for all people, voted in BY the people.
A political system where there is more than one center of power?
A Pluralist Democracy.
Which clause makes national laws superior to state laws?
The National Supremacy clause.
A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress.
The New Jersey Plan
The opposite of a federalist is...?
An anti-federalist
A government in which all power is given to one person is known as...?
A monarchy
Pluralism is...
A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.
What was the three-fifths compromise?
Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person when voting.
The great compromise was...
A compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house.
What is Dual Federalism?
A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres of power.
A unitary government is...
A centralized government where all the power is given to a single, central agency.
What exactly is Impeachment?
An action by the House of Representatives to accuse the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States of committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
A constitutional clause that gives congress the power to make all laws "necessary and proper" for executing its powers...
Necessary & Proper Clause
The supreme power of an independent state to regulate its internal affairs without foreign interference...
Sovereign power
Cooperative Government is a system of government in which...
Powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government.
What is a Confederal Government
A political system where independent states form a nation but retain power under a weak central government.
What is a Democracy?
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
What was the commerce clause?
The section of the Constitution in which Congress is given the power to regulate trade among the states and with foreign countries.
What Powers do the police have...
The power to protect the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public.