Foundational Documents
The 'Dump the Idiot' letter.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This was created for the US with the Articles of Confederation.
What is Representative Government?
Creator of "life, liberty, and property".
Who is John Locke?
The three branches of Government
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
This document protects personal liberties from the federal government.
What is the Bill of Rights?
'Multiple groups(factions) will compete for power. It is human nature', however, this warned it would cause instability.
What is the Federalist 10?
Policy making reflects the will of the people, however, the people may not be well informed.
What is Participatory Democracy?
Robert Yates & William Lansing.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
The two leaders of the executive branch.
Who is the President(POTUS) and Vice President(VPOTUS)?
This document was sent in hopes of being a peace treaty between the Colonies and Britain.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
'Power should be held by the people'.
What is Brutus 1?
Political parties and the House are examples.
What is Pluralist Democracy?
The two men responsible for social contract.
Who are Hobbes & Rousseau?
Number of judges on the Supreme Court(SCOTUS).
What is 9, 8 associates and 1 head justice?
Number of votes required to amend the Articles.
What is 13?
National Supremacy: "This Constitution... shall be the supreme law of the land"
What is Article VI of the Constitution?
Power is more likely to become corrupt here.
What is Elite Democracy?
The ones who have enumerated powers.
Who is Congress?
The two levels of the legislative branch, and how they're determined.
What is the Senate, 2 elected per state, and the House of Representatives, based on state population?
Wanted a bicameral legislature that was determined by population ONLY.
What is the Virginia Plan?
6 of the Bill of Rights Amendments.
What is... any of the Bill of Rights
3 weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is...
These three wrote the Federalist Papers.
*BONUS* How many each one wrote.
Who is John Jay(5), James Madison(29), and Alexander Hamilton(51)?
Chief Justice presiding over an impeachment trail, POTUS veto laws, and Congress overriding the Presidential veto.
What are examples of the branches checking each other?
The three types of Federal Grants, and how they work.
What is Categorical Grant: money given for a specific reason with strings attached, Block Grant: money given for a more broad purpose, and Un/Funded Mandates: orders given to the states(with or without money)?