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This is the country America declared its independence from.
What is Great Britain
This refers to a system of government where people decide how they are governed.
What is democracy?
This is the governing document that is the supreme law of the land.
What is the US Constitution?
This refers to the division of power between the levels of government.
What is federalism?
This group of people believe in a strong federal government and were usually wealthy landowners.
Who are the Federalists?
This refers to the idea that we are all born equal with the ability to chart our own course.
What are natural rights?
Initiatives and referendums are ways to tell lawmakers that they should change a law. They are an example of this type of democracy.
What is participatory democracy?
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In Federalist 51, James Madison argues that this system is the best way to avoid a branch of government from becoming to powerful.
What is a system of checks and balances?
The US v Lopez SCOTUS case found that Congress could not use this Constitutional Clause to enforce gun laws.
What is the Commerce Clause?
This group of people believed that a small central government was best to preserve the rights of the people.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This branch of government is responsible for creating the laws in our country (aka Congress).
What is the legislative branch?
Forming an interest group that shares a belief and tries to influence government policy is an example of this type of democracy.
What is PLURALIST DEMOCRACY.
This document came before the US Constitution and favored the power of states over the federal government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This constitutional clause gives the federal government the most power in our system.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
These are groups that James Madison warns need to be controlled so that everyone's rights are protected.
What are factions?
This Supreme Court case about a bank created by Congress established the Supremacy Clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
What is popular sovereignty/republicanism?
This Constitutional Clause allows Congress to create any law that allows it to carry out its expressed power.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
This is when the federal government tells states they have to spend their own money to comply with a law (i.e. American's With Disabilities Act)
What is a mandate?
This document argues that a small federal government is the best way to preserve individual rights.
What is Brutus 1?
This term refers to the power reserved to the federal government.
What are implied powers?
A tech CEO gifting an airplane to President Trump to influence him would be an example of this type of democracy.
What is elitist democracy?
A 2/3 majority in Congress and 3/4 of states agreeing is required for this to happen.
What is a constitutional amendment?
This term refers to powers that both the states and federal government share.
What are concurrent powers?
This document advocates for a large central government to ensure factions do not get to powerful and oppress others.
What is Federalist 10?