Know Your Rights
What is Federalism?
Division of power between the national and state governments.
What is the purpose of the document in government?
Formally announces the 13 colonies being independent and free from Britain.
What event caused the articles to be abandoned?
Shay’s Rebellion showed that the federal government was too weak to keep order and protect interests.
What did federalist 51 introduce to the government?
Checks and Balances
Which compromise created a two-house legislature with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other?
The Great Compromise
What is the Seventh Amendment?
The right to a jury trial in civil cases
What does it mean to have “unalienable rights” in the document?
A specific kind of rights that cannot be taken away.
What is the purpose of Article II?
Each state has its own freedom and independence, limiting the power of the federal government.
What was Federalist 10 in support of?
Federalist 10 supported the Constitution and argued that a large republic would self regulate because many different groups would exist representing many different goals making it hard for any one faction to gain too much power.
What Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review in the United States?
Marbury v. Madison
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Bars the government from unreasonable search and seizure of an individual or their private property
According to the document, where does the government get their power?
“The consent of the governed”
Why did the founding fathers create a weak central government?
They feared a strong central government and would create tyranny.
What is the general point of federalist 70?
To establish a unitary executive who is full of energy and has the traits of a leader, to ensure efficiency and accountability.
Which amendment ended slavery in the United States?
The Thirteenth Amendment
Powers are divided among the three branches
Separation of Powers
What does the phrase “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” mean?
People are born with fundamental rights that the government must protect.
Why was it hard for the government to pay its debts?
They had no power to tax and needed to ask states for money.
Which Anti-Federalist paper argued that the Constitution created a national government that had too much power and would threaten the power of the states?
Brutus I
What clause in the Constitution allows Congress to pass laws needed to carry out its powers?
The Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)
First 10 Amendments
The Bill of Rights
What three parts can the Declaration of Independence be divided into?
Theory of govt based on the social contract and natural rights, a list of grievances against the king and Parliament, and a statement of colonial unity and separation from Britain.
How many states had to approve changes to the Articles of Confederation?
All 13 states had to approve any amendments.
The idea of an independent federal judiciary with life tenure to ensure no misinterpretation of the constitution, and bring a judicial side to the government?
Federalist 78
: What rebellion in 1786–1787 exposed the weaknesses of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
Shays' Rebellion