THEORIES OF POWER
power scattered among groups
pluralism or interest group liberalism
JFK assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald
First constitution of U. S. from 1781-1787 with power given to the states
Articles of Confederation
This party or faction of like-minded men favored a strong national government
Federalists
African-Americans are not citizens under the Constitution
Dred Scott v. Sanford
corporate, political, or military leaders involved in highly centralized decision making
Elite theory (POWER ELITE)
Burglars breaking into the Democratic National Committee offices in DC
Watergate
He influenced the Framers of the Constitution with his emphasis on private property in his book Second Treatise on Government
John Locke
This party or faction of like-minded men favored states' rights and individual liberties
Anti-Federalists
separate but equal is constitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson
Power divided between a strong national government with power reserved for the states
Federalism
Reagan administration selling weapons to support a democratic movement in Nicaragua
Iran-Contra Scandal
Madison's plan to create a strong national government with three branches
Virginia Plan
This compromise involved creating a two house Congress with one house based on population and the other house given two seats per state
Great Compromise
Congress can create a bank and states cannot tax the federal government
McCulloch v. Maryland
Justice who created judicial review power for the U. S. Supreme Court
John Marshall
Person who gave the 1961 farewell address warning against the military-industrial complex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He staged a revolt in Massachusetts in 1786-1787 opposing the foreclosure of properties based on tax increases
Daniel Shay
One of the authors of the Federalist Papers who was our first Secretary of the Treasury and he died in 1804 in a pistol duel
Alexander Hamilton
child labor is legal because "goods made by children are harmless"-Justice Day
Hammer v. Dagenhart
The motive behind the drafting of the Constitution according to Charles Beard
economic interests of wealthy people
Government investigation that concluded a lone assassin murdered JFK
Warren Commission
He authored the pamphlet, Common Sense, that inspired the colonists to revolt against the British
Thomas Paine
He warned against the power of government and factions in Federalist #10
James Madison
Congress has the power to control economic (commercial) activity between the states (i.e. interstate commerce)
Gibbons v. Ogden