Constitution I
This preceeded the Constitution. It failed because it couldn't tax, regulate trade, no print money, nor did it have an executive and judical branch. Shay's Rebellion was the biggest factor in its' downfall.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The difference between them is that one wants lower taxes/limited govt, while the other wants the exact ooposite. Another is an extreme example of the first.
What are Conservatives, Liberals, and Libetarians?
The freedom to do what you want (within reasonable limits)
What is liberty?
Power is divided between the state and federal govts.
What is Dual Federalism?
They are powers put in place in order to prevent corruption and such.
(In our govt, the Legislative branch can override vetos and make laws, Executive has vetos, the Judicial branch can rule if it's constitutional or not)
What are checks and balances?
In this compromise, the House of Representatives is based off the population, while the Senate has states get 1 vote each.
What is the Great Compromise?
In this type of democracy, citzens elect people to make and pass decisions for them.
What is a Representative Democracy?
Everyone is in the same footing and have the same rights no matter what.
What is equality?
Federal, state, and local govts work together to solve various problems. They have equal involvement.
What is cooperative federalism?
Maryland tried to tax the national bank. However, they couldn't do it since states didn't have that much power.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Slaves were counted as 3/5ths of a person for representation purposes.
What is the 3/5ths compromise?
People have direct influence over decisions, meaning they make the laws directly.
What is a Particaptory Democracy?
One wanted more power to the national govt and were generally for the constitution. The other preferred more state power and either wanted it revised or not passed at all.
What are Federalists and Anti Federalists?
Federal govt transfers money to states
What is fiscal federalism?
Antonio Lopez brought a gun to school. Congress as a result tried to pass a clause against it, but the court declared it unconstitutional for overstepping their powers.
What is U.S v. Lopez?
States choose electors, and the number of electors would the based on how many of their state is represented in both the House of Reps. and Senate. They choose the president for citizens. (It has gotten quite a bit of controversy as well.)
What is the electoral college?
The government operates through the interest of competing interest groups.
What is a Pluralrist Democracy?
Under psuedonym "Brutus", they argued why federalism and what they were proposing won't work.
What is Brutus No. 1?
Federal govt uses mandates, categorical, and block grants to have a state do something
What is coercive federalism?
They are reserved to the federal govt.
What are Exclusive Powers?
Although the majority make the decisions, it doesn't mean that the minority's rights should be squashed. It's an issue of power in democracy.
What are majority rule vs minority rights?
Political decisions are made by the wealthy.
What is an Elitist Democracy?
Both papers argued for federalism. One explained the checks and balances system, while the other was about factions and how they can be controlled by a large republic.
What are the Federalist 51 and 10 papers?
States make policies in order to attract businesses.
What is competitive federalism?
Both the federal and state govts have the same powers, so they also equally take the blame for policies gone wrong.
What are concurrent powers?