Foundations of Gov't
Political Factions
Declaration & the Articles
The Constitution
The 3 Branches
100
Form of government in which a small group of powerful individuals rule.
What is an Oligarchy
100
This group refused to ratify the Constitution without the addition of a Bill of Rights
What are the Anti-federalists
100
This solved the dispute between the large states and the small states at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Great Compromise
100
This is the term used to describe a 2 house Congress.
What is Bicameral
100
The division of government among multiple branches is known as...
What is Separation of Powers
200
The formal political arrangements through which a land and its people are ruled.
What is Government
200
John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton wrote these in suppport of the Constitution.
What is the Federalist Papers
200
Under the Articles of Confederation this level of government had too much power.
What is the States
200
This clause makes all national laws and treaties "the supreme law of the land."
What is Supremacy clause
200
This branch must ensure that all laws are faithfully executed.
What is the Executive branch
300
The conflicts within organizations over issues of leadership, structures, and policies.
What is Politics
300
This group believed in a loose interpretation of the Constitution and argued using the implied powers.
What are the Hamiltonians
300
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are considered your...
What is Unalienable rights
300
The ability of Congress to make all laws "necessary and proper" is referred to the Necessary and Proper clause or the...
What is Elastic clause
300
The ability to decide the consitutionality of laws is known as...
What is Judicial Review
400
All politics is...
What is Collective Action
400
The Jeffersonians would eventual become known as the...
What is the Democratic-Republicans
400
This event demonstrated the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and spurred collective action.
What is Shays Rebellion
400
This is the system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments.
What is Federalism
400
The Judicial branch's power is check by this branches ability to appoint federal judges.
What is the Executive branch
500
Enjoyed by all, can't be denied once it's given.
What is a Public Good
500
The fight over the creation of the National Bank created the beginnings of this...
What is Political Parties
500
In writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson drew many of its ideas from this man.
What is John Locke
500
Congress was believed to have legislative supremacy because it can lay/collect taxes, borrow money, and regulate commerce. This is known as...
What is the Power of the Purse
500
The ability to check the President's power through impeachment is given to this branch.
What is the Legislative branch
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