The conflict over the allocation of scarce resources.
What is politics?
The first written U.S. Constitution
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The three branches of government
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial?
Venti Iced Chai Tea Latte with Light Ice
What is Professor Casper's Starbucks order?
A system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between a central government and regional governments.
What is Federalism?
A system of government in which the people rule and all eligible citizens participate in the decision-making process (aka: the legislative process) by means of voting.
What is Democracy?
Religious freedom, freedom of speech, and economic freedom
What are reasons for fleeing Great Britain?
The minimum number of electoral votes needed to win a presidential election
What is 270?
Superman
What is who would lose in a fight to Batman?
The authors of the Federalist Papers
Who are John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton?
Congress is an example of this kind of actor.
What is a governmental actor?
Boycotted British goods by making their own clothes and the clothes of other colonists.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
The number of Articles in the U.S. Constitution.
What is 7?
Disneyland
What is where Professor Casper's favorite amusement park?
Powers neither delegated to the national government nor denied to the states.
What are reserved powers?
apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one racial or ethnic group or political party
What is gerrymandering?
The Declaration of Independence was heavily influenced by this
What is John Locke's Social Contract Theory?
Powers granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
What are the expressed powers?
The King's Speech
What is Professor Casper's favorite movie?
The federal government will often use this to coerce states into doing what it wants.
What is the Spending Clause?
In a State of Nature, John Locke believed life would be ___________.
What is lovely?
a former army captain who led a mob of farmers in a rebellion against the government of Massachusetts.
Who is Daniel Shay?
Requirements to amend the U.S. Constitution
What is 2/3 vote by both houses of Congress and a ratification vote of 3/4 of the states?
over 800 times
What is the amount of times Professor Casper has read the U.S. Constitution?
The EU is an example of this kind of _______
What is Confederalism?