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Clauses & Theories
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The Founders & the Constitution
Philosophers & Democracy Ideals
Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
100

This theory of democracy is direct participation in politics and civil society, in which most or all citizens participate in politics directly.

What is Participatory Democracy?

100

A lack of interest in government (not us, of course, in AP Gov).

What is voter APATHY?

100
This founding father was a crucial contributor and writer of the constitution, in fact, he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Constitution".
Who is James Madison?



100

This Enlightenment philosopher had the greatest influence on Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence?

Who is John Locke?

100
The series of essays written by federalists Alexander Hamilton, James Maddison, and John Jay , for the ratification of the constitution and increased focus on a federalist system.
What are the Federalist Papers?
200
The clause in the constitution stating that...
The Congress shall have Power... To make all Laws which shall be__________ for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.


What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
200

The Great (Connecticut) Compromise provided for this.

What is a bicameral legislature?

The House's composition based on population and The Senate's composition based on equal representation?

200
This was the first constitution of the United states of America.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
200

This court case demonstrated that states cannot tax Federal government entities and also confirmed the doctrines of implied powers and the Supremacy Clause.

What is McCulloch v Maryland?

200
This paper was published in response to the Federalist Papers, and concluded that a republic as the federalists proposed would lead to a government with “uncontrollable and absolute power”.


What is Brutus 1?
300

Public policies emerging from compromises reached among competing groups is this type of theory of democracy.

What is Pluralism or Pluralist Theory?

300

Three-fifths of slaves were counted for these purposes.

What is representation in the House of Representatives?

300
A representative form of government in which the people select individuals to make decisions on their behalf at the federal level.
What is Republicanism?
300

Three unalienable rights Jefferson listed in the Declaration.

What are the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

300
In this Federalist paper a system James Madison proposes a system of checks and balances for our government.


What is Fed 51?
400
Federal law reigns supreme to state law
What is the Supremacy Clause?


400

The actual group that chooses the president.

What is the Electoral College?

400

The Articles of Confederation implemented the principle of this.

State Sovereignty 

400

State referendums are an example of this type of democracy.


What is Direct Democracy?

400
In Fed 10 Madison's notion that regional factions and interest groups would check the influence of the others most closely aligns with this theory of democracy.
What is Pluralism?


500
Clause within Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution, gives Congress the power to regulate economic trades among the states, with foreign nations, and among Indian tribes.
What is the Commerce Clause?
500
A concept embodied in the Constitution refers to the division and sharing of power between the national and state governments.
What is Federalism?
500
The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
What is to revise the Articles of Confederation?


500
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."


Which ideal of democracy is most represented in this sentence?
What is popular sovereignty?


500
This --- according to James Madison, is the most common cause of factions.


What is the various and unequal distribution of property?