Roots of Democracy
This type of democracy is favored by Anti-Federalists.
What is participatory democracy?
According to this article of the Constitution, the President will be selected by the Electoral College.
What is Article 2?
The president vetoing a bill...Congress impeaching the President...SCOTUS declaring a law unconstitutional...these are all examples of this principle of American government.
What are checks and balances?
This is the definition of concurrent powers.
What powers that are shared by both the federal and state governments?
The Commerce Clause is located in this article of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Article 1?
This democratic ideal is best reflected in the following quote from the Declaration of Independence: "...that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
What are natural rights?
This is how representation is determined in the House of Representatives according to the Great Compromise.
What is by population? (proportional)
This idea is reflected in the Constitution through the creation of a representative form of government.
What is republicanism?
This refers to the federal government giving the states money that, if used, must be spent in a very specific area.
What is a categorical grant?
This enlightenment thinker focused on concepts like popular sovereignty and natural rights which greatly influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
The existence of political parties is an example of this type of democracy.
What is pluralist democracy?
"The United States in Congress assembled shall never engage in a war...unless nine States assent to the same" The previous quote comes from this document.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The concept of checks and balances can be seen by the fact that the creation of lower courts is left up to this group.
Who is Congress?
In the SCOTUS decision McCulloch v. Maryland, the Court declared a Maryland tax on the national bank as unconstitutional based on this part of the Constitution.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
In this SCOTUS decision, the Court debated the Constitutionality of the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990.
What is U.S. v. Lopez?
This is the primary reason that the author of Brutus No. 1 claims that a large republic is not suitable form of government for the United States.
What is that the country is too large for representatives to understand the will of the people and that they (the reps) will have too much power?
Occurring in Massachusetts, this event showed the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation by pointing out its lack of military force and the government's inability to control its citizenry.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
The following quote comes from this required document. "In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments...The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself."
What is Federalist No. 51?
The concept of reserved powers is explained in this part of the Constitution.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Who are state legislatures? (with a 3/4 vote)
The following is a quote from this required document. "Hence it clearly appears, that the same advantage, which a republic has over a democracy, in controlling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic—is enjoyed by the union over the states composing it."
What is Federalist No. 10?
This clause in Article 1 gave Congress implied authority and discretion to make laws.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
This term refers to the spaces within policymaking that connect citizens to the process and allow them to participate. They are often provided by the processes involved with checks and balances and federalism.
What are access points?
The Americans with Disabilities Act and the No Child Left Behind Law are examples of this type of federalism.
What are unfunded mandates?
This clause from Article 4 assures that states respect the legal proceedings of other states.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?