Compromises & Ratification
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention created a bicameral legislature with two houses.
What is the Great Compromise?
This is the supreme law of the land in the US.
What is the Constitution?
A system in which power is shared between state and federal governments.
What is Federalism?
Powers specifically listed in the Constitution.
What are enumerated powers?
This clause gives Congress the power to regulate trade between states.
What is the Commerce Clause?
Supporters of a strong central government who advocated for the ratification of the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
This opening statement outlines the purposes of the Constitution.
What is the preamble?
A type of federalism in which national and state governments remain supreme in their own spheres.
What is dual federalism?
This Supreme Court case affirmed national supremacy and upheld the use of implied powers.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
In this Federalist paper, James Madison argued for checks and balances and separation of powers.
What is Federalist 51?
This compromise counted a portion of the enslaved population toward representation in Congress.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
This principle divides power among the 3 branches of the government.
What is Separation of Powers?
What are block grants?
This clause in Article I, Section 8, gives Congress flexibility to make laws needed to carry out its powersm.
What is the Necessary And Proper / Elastic Clause?
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress exceeded its Commerce Clause powers by regulating guns in school zones.
What is US v. Lopez?
Those who were afraid a strong central government and demanded a Bill of Rights.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
The Constitution gives this body the power to approve treaties and confirm presidential appointments.
What is the Senate?
These are funds given to states with specific instructions on how to use them, based on a predetermined formula.
What are categorical formula grants?
What are concurrent powers?
This term refers to a situation where the federal government provides funding that does not fully cover the costs of a required state program.
What is an underfunded mandate?
This type of representation, favored by larger states, assigns legislative seats based on population.
What is proportional representation?
This power, implied in the Constitution, gives the courts the power to strike down laws deemed unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
A shift of power from the federal government to the states.
What is devolution?
The clause in Article VI which established that federal law overrides state law.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The requirement that 3/4s of states must ratify amendments reflects these two Constitutional principles.
What is Federalism and Checks and Balances?