Foundational Documents
This is the one Anti Federalist Foundation Document based on the name of a man who killed Julius Caesar, a dictator.
What is Brutus 1?
Congress can pass bills and turn them into laws. However, the president can disagree with that law and use this power to stop it from happening.
What is a veto?
The Declaration of Independence mentions CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. This activity, which currently occurs every November, is the way that we give consent.
What is voting?
The founding fathers argued for two houses in Congress in a bicameral legislation where the lower house is based on state population while the upper house is based on equality of representation. THIS AGREEMENT is called...
What is the Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise?
This Supreme Court case involved trying to remove guns from schools by using the Commerce Clause.
What is US V LOPEZ
This was written by Thomas Jefferson using terms such as "consent of the governed," and social contract.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
If the President vetoes a bill, it will go back to Congress. The two houses can still turn it into the law if THIS FRACTION of representatives and senators over ride the veto.
What is two thirds?
Thomas Jefferson mentions natural rights in the Declaration of Independence. These are the three natural rights listed in this document.
To convince Anti-Federalists to ratify or approve the Constitution, THESE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS were added to the US Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
These represent at least three rights listed in the First Amendment.
What is Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Assembly
In Federalist 15, which we did not read, Alexander Hamilton writes about the problems with the Articles of Confederation. THIS EVENT, made that weakness apparent to the other Constitutional Convention Delegates.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
If the president or any government official violates the law, Congress has THIS POWER where the House will draw up charges and the Senate will conduct a trial.
What is impeachment?
Voting for elected representatives in a republic is an example of THIS KIND of democracy.
What is Participatory Democracy?
In the Little Rock 9 incident, the Federal Government used the National Guard against STATE TROOPS to integrate the high school. This is an example of...
What is Federalism?
The powers of Congress are listed in this Article in the US Constitution.
What is Article 1?
Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government, which was weak, had no power to collect money from the states. Thankfully, under the US Constitution, THIS BRANCH is able to "Lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts..."
What is Congress?
The author of Brutus 1 is in favor of Participatory Democracy. He fears a conflict with supporters of Participatory Democracy and THIS KIND of democracy in which only the rich participate.
What is elite democracy?
In "US V LOPEZ" Congress attempted to use THIS CLAUSE to remove guns from a school zone. This ultimately failed and Lopez was set free.
What is the Commerce Clause?
Name three powers of the Executive Branch under the US Constitution.
Veto, Commander in Chief, Negotiate Treaties, nominate justices and officials, enforce the law,
This Federalist paper makes an argument for separation of powers to in the Constitutional System to limit the power of the three branches.
What is Federalist 51?
The President nominates a justice to the Supreme Court. The nominee is absolutely crazy and loyal to the President. This is a power that Congress can use to check the President and his nominee.
What is, approve or disapprove of the nomination?
In Federalist 10, James Madison argues against Factions. He describes THIS as the best remedy for fighting against factions.
What is a large republic or the US Constitution?
In "McCulloch v Maryland" Federalism was used to prevent the Bank of the United States from paying taxes to Maryland. The Supreme Court used THIS CLAUSE to justify their decision.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause or Elastic Clause?
Explain three reasons why the American Revolution was virtuous OR not virtous
NOT VIRTUOUS- treatment of women, British freed slaves not Americans, treatment of Natives
Virtuous- Common Sense, Protecting Natural rights after Boston,