Req'd Docs
Articles/Clause
Scotus Cases
Federalism
Miscellaneous
100

Madison afraid that the “mischiefs of faction” will be controlled by the power of a large republic. It is this reason that a republic where power was broken up between the national and state governments was born.

What is federalist 10?

100

Type of commerce that travels outside of the state

Interstate commernce

100

Firearm case that took place in Texas, decided in 1995- curtailed the power of Congress, stating that this was not an issue of commerce, and so the Commerce Clause would not pertain. First time since World War 2 that Congress was put in check.

US v Lopez

100

Referred to as marble cake federalism, when state and fed government must work together

Cooperative Federalism

100

This is a type of democracy that has to do with power coming from interest groups or organizations

pluralist

200

This was deemed to be too weak, proven when Shay's rebellion almost ran Massachusetts astray. Each state had their own coinage, no central government, and there was a need for unanimity to amend their "constitution".

Articles of Confederation

200

This article of the Constitution lays out the powers of the executive branch

Article 2

200

1905 Bakery Case in NY, in which it was decided that a contract between employee and employer could not be infringed upon by Congress, and instead was left to the state. (judicial restraint)

Lochner v NY

200

This was a clause that deemed Congress had almost any power, explicit or implied, that they needed at their disposal

Nec and Prop

200

This is a type of Government where the constituents elect representatives to make legislation and vote on it, on their behalf. Sometimes it is referred to as a Constitutional _______

Republic

300

DAILY DOUBLE OR NOTHING

Check and balance system that separate  the government into branches in order to prevent one to have more control over the others.

What is federalist 51?

300

This is a clause that states each state must honor the marraige certificates, drivers licenses, etc., from other states

full faith and credit clause

300

We have not studied this case yet, but you covered it in APUSH

This case in 1896, upheld Separate but Equal, a clear violation of civil rights and liberties

(300 bonus points)

Plessy v Ferguson

300

This type of federalism has distinct layers, a la, a layer cake

Dual Federalism

300

Natural Rights, those that we know as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" were written by this Enlightenment thinker

Locke

400

Anti-Federalists response to the federalists who were pushing for a large, centralized government. This document called for state sovereignty and more localized govt

What is brutus 

400

This is a type of commerce that stays within that state

Intrastate

400

1819 supreme court ruling that maryland didn't have power to tax second bank of us and that congress did have power to create the bank under "necessary and proper" clause and "supremacy clause"

what is mcculloch v maryland

400

These type of powers are kept with the states (10th Amendment), since the Federal government has not explicitly stated what to do in regards to those unwritten laws (not implicit, enumerated, or explicit)


Reserved Powers

400

Explain the idea behind the Great Compromise (NJ/VA)

bicameral legislature

500

Drafted in 1787 to replace the weak Articles of Confederation, this 'supreme law of the land' established a federal system with three distinct branches.

Constitution of the US

500

This Clause was one of the determining factors in the McCulloch v Maryland case, stating that the Federal laws reigned over state laws. (I am not looking for Necessary and Proper)

Supremacy

500

1937 case that set the stage for cooperative federalism, which 10 workers that were fired were deemed to be reinstated because the steel plant at issue sent items across state lines.

NLRB vs Jones Loughlin

500

Powers referred to when the state and federal government are shared and coexist. _____ Powers (not looking for federalism, as that is the overhead term)

Concurrent

500

DAILY DOUBLE OR NOTHING

Metaphor for when a self-interested person in a free market has unintentionally promoted the public good

Invisible hand