Constitutional Convention
The governing document before the Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The form of federalism mixing/sharing state and federal powers; marble cake.
What is cooperative federalism?
The first ten amendments of the Constitution; used to address criticism raised by the Anti-Federalists.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The term for powers given explicitly to the federal government in the Constitution.
What are enumerated powers?
The legislative chamber where states have equal representation.
What is the Senate?
The event that exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
The system of government with one central body; policy is determined at the top and applied down.
What is a unitary system?
The amendment stating that powers not given to the federal government are held by the states.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
The ability of the Supreme Court/judicial branch to declare legislation unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
Economist who proposed that the founding fathers did not act entirely altruistically.
Who was Charles Beard?
The meeting before the Constitutional Convention.
What was the Annapolis Convention?
The voluntary transfer/delegation of specific federal powers to the states.
What is devolution?
The Constitutional clause commonly used to expand federal powers, beyond those enumerated.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The plan proposed during the Constitutional Convention that gives all states equal representation, regardless of population.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
The term for grants with narrow requirements and strict regulation; more federal involvement.
What are categorical grants?
The compromise that created a bicameral legislative branch.
What is the Great Compromise?
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
The clause that places Federal law above state rulings if they are conflicting.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The term used to describe "supreme and independent political authority", enabling a government to rule.
What is sovereignty?
The Supreme Court case that established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The compromise that determined the representation for slaves in America.
What is the Three-Fifths compromise?
The article written by Madison arguing for the separation of powers with checks and balances.
What is Federalist 51?
The clause that requires states to honor the proceedings/laws of other states (ex: marriages, licenses)
What is the Full faith and credit clause?
The legal principle stating that local governments only have the explicit powers granted to them by the states.
What is Dillon's rule?
The term for political ideology that is based on "anti-elitism"; emphasizes the common people.
What is populism?