Cases
Which case ended the "Separate but equal" precedent?
Brown V. Board of Education
Name an author of the federalist papers
John Jay, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton
What is the goal of the federalist papers?
To support the US Constitution
What is a style of government that the people get to choose
Democracy
What term indicates groups coming to a decision by each sacrificing something to achieve some of what they want?
Compromise
Supremacy Clause
Theory of governance that groups form deals with other people in society sacrificing freedoms for security.
Social Contract Theory
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
Preamble, Articles, Amendments
Explain what an oligarchy is
Rule of a small few
What key event led to the constitutional convention
Shays Rebellion
What significant precedent gets set from Marbury V. Madision?
Judicial Review
Which enlightenment thinker believed that a government needs a strong central authority to keep people in line and efficiently get things done?
Thomas Hobbes
Which Federalist paper explains the need for an energetic executive for the sake of getting things done efficiently.
Federalist #70
If we lived in a Confederation system of government. What entity would have the most power?
The states/provinces
3/5th Compromise
Which case dealt with the constitutionality of the Gun Free School Zones Act and the Commerce Clause.
U.S. V Lopez
What is the phrase that John Locke used in his book that Thomas Jefferson replicated in the Declaration of Independence
Life Liberty and Property
What does the 10th amendment do?
Protects states reserved powers
What is constitutionalism
The Bill of Rights
Explain the Case McCulloch V Maryland
Case having to do with establishment of a national bank. Maryland tried to tax the national governments bank setting up a disagreement over state vs federal government. S.C. sided with McCulloch saying that the establishment of the bank was necessary and proper helping to further establish strength of federal government.
The Spirit of the Laws
Explain the primary issue raised in Brutus #1
That central government becomes too disconnected from people and that small republics and direct democracy are a more suitable way of having a functioning society
Explain the difference between Participatory democracy and Elite democracy
Participatory is regular people getting involved with legislation and rule making authority. While Elite is where the highly educated and "successful" get to control the legislation and rule making authority
How did the Great Compromise impact the legislative branch from before the Constitution was establishmed to after the Constitution was established
Shift from a unicameral to a bicameral and the new house would have population based representation.