Democratic ideals
Rights all people have that cannot be taken away
What are Natural rights?
The document providing a blueprint for a unique form of democratic government in the US
What is the Constiution?
Representative democracy that emphasizes broad participation in politics and civil society
A group that supported the Constitution and a strong central government
Who were Federalists?
An agreement among the people in a society to give up some freedoms to maintain a social order
What is a Social Contract?
The document drafted by James Madison that is an example of a social contract and establishes a system of limited government
What is the Constitution?
Representative democracy that emphasizes group-based activism by nongovernmental interests
What is pluralist democracy?
A group that opposed the ratification of the Constitution
The concept that all government power comes from the consent of its people
What is popular sovereignty?
The founding document written by Jefferson that restated the philosophy of natural rights and provided a foundation for popular sovereignty?
Representative democracy that emphasizes limited participation in politics and civil society by any other than the well informed
What is elite democracy?
What was Federalist No. 10?
The idea that a government's power cannot be absolute
What is Limited Government?
A series of documents written in defense of the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
A document that opposed the Constitution out of fear that it would erode participatory democracy
What is Brutus No. 1?
Feared the state governments would lose too much power to the federal government?
What was an argument that the anti-Federalists made against the Constitution?
Principles that ensure limited government (need at least 2)
What iare separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, and republicanism?
Weaknesses that made the Articles of Confederation an untenable basis of government (must list at least 2)
What is lack of centralized military power, lack of an executive branch, lack of a court system, lack of power to regulate interstate commerce, and lack of power to make money?
A document that supported the Constitution because it upheld pluralist democracy through factions
What is Federalist No. 10?
A document arguing that a large government would take away too much personal liberty
What was Brutus #1?