American
Founding
Founding
When developing our foundingdocuments, the Founding Fathersincorporated the principle ofnatural rights, which they adoptedfrom this philosopher
Who is John Locke?
These powers, such as immigration control, are issued to the national government simply due to the fact that they are the head of a sovereign state
What are inherent powers?
Article 5 outlines this element of the Constitution
What is the amendment process?
Taking into account Hobbes’ view that human nature is selfish and fallen, the founders decided upon this form of government focusing on the tyranny of the majority
What is representative (indirect) democracy/republic?
This convention plan most closely adhered to the original system of legislative representation present in the Articles of Confederation
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Realizing the national government was lacking, this uprising was a major factor leading the Founders to the Philadelphia Convention
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
This Constitutional principle states that the government derives their power from the consent of the governed
What is popular sovereignty?
This amendment to the Constitution grants several trial rights, including the right to an attorney as well as a speedy and public trial
What is the 6thamendment?
Sovereign states bound together by a loose central government is known as this type of government
What is a confederation(confederate government)?
These are two key elements of the Great (Connecticut) Compromise
What is a bicameral legislature, House by population and Senate equal, both houses must pass all legislation?
Under the Articles of Confederation, this number of states had to agree to amend the articles
what is 13
Marbury v. Madison solidified the Judicial Branches ability to use Judicial review to declare acts of Legislative or Executive branches illegal. What is the term for something that goes against the constitution
Unconstitutional
Article 6 includes this clause, which declares the power of the Constitution/federal government as the highest power in the land
What is the Supremacy Clause?
In this system, states derive ALL their authority from a single powerful central government
What is a unitary system?
The three fifths compromise allowed southern states to partially count slaves in terms of these two areas
What are representation and taxation?
These are two weaknesses ofthe Articles of Confederation
What are: no power to tax, nopower to regulate trade, nonational judiciary, no powerto draft an army, etc.?
The power to propose and ratify formal amendments at both a state and federal level is a clear example of this this type of federal power
What is a concurrent power?
In Federalist Number 51, Madison argues the benefits of this element of the Constitution to raise support for the new republic
What is the Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances?
This primary fear drove the structure of government created under the Articles of Confederation
What is the centralization power/ a tyrant?
When congress ratified the constitution the "Slave Trade Clause" of the constitution said that congress could not banning the international importation of enslaved people for how many years?
What is 20?
This common feature of state constitutions was demanded by anti-federalists during ratification
What is a Bill of Rights?
This enlightenment thinker and author of The Spirit of Laws, advocated the separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
This is the method in which 26 out of the 27 formal amendments have been passed
What is proposal by 2/3 of Congress and ratification by ¾ of state legislatures
This Federalist paper argued that a large republic is best suited to control the effects of factions
What is Federalist #10?
This amendment was included in the bill of rights to appease anti federalists and so that rights not listed therein would still be protected.
what is the 10th amendment?