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What ideals do the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution share?
Enlightenment ideas of self-government and natural rights to be in control of the government
The writers of the Federalist Papers
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?
The Commerce Clause is
What is the Federal governments ability to regulate inter-state trade?
Enumerated powers are
What are powers granted to the Federal government directly in the Constitution?
How the SCOTUS enforces its power
What is setting a precedent and having supremacy over every court?
Issues of the AOC...
What is weak federal government with no ability to form a military or tax?
The contents of Federalist no. 51
What is each department should have as little dependence as possible on the members of the other departments?
The necessary and proper (elastic) clause is
What is the Federal government's expansion of power in order to act out powers already given?
Extradition is
What is states must respect other states' laws and return fugitives?
The decision of US v Lopez is
What is the Federal Government overstepping its power granted in the Commerce Clause?
A Constitutional compromise
What are the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College?
The fears the Federalist Papers tried to quell
What is a strong, centralized, federal government that infringed upon the rights of the citizens?
The difference between dual federalism and cooperative federalism is
What is how they sovereign in their respective spheres and whether they work together?
The full faith and credit clause is
What is state courts respect the laws and judgments of courts from other states?
A Check against SCOTUS
The Electoral College is
What is a system to elect the president in which each state is assigned a certain number of votes, a total of 538 electoral votes?
We have ONE president because
What is accountability in government?
The types of grants the Federal gov can give are
grants-in-aid
categorical grants
block grants
mandates
The privileges and immunities clause is
What is protects the traditional common law rights conferred by particular states to their citizens?
The ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland is
What is the US can create a federal bank and it cannot be taxed?
Th process of amending the Constitution
What is a proposal by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. Then ratification by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.
Complaints from anti-Federalists were
What is a free republic that cannot exist in such a large territory?
The type of government while under British control and under the AOC are
What is a Unitary government and a Confederation?
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
National Voter Registration Act (Motor Voter Act)
Clean Air Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
Brady Bill
No Child Left Behind Act
What is no control over the "wallet" (Congress) or "sword" (executive branch)