Democracy and Individual Rights
This democratic ideal is most directly reflected in the Declaration of Independence.
What is a Social Contract?
The group of Americans that had concerns regarding a decentralized government was not an effective way to secure the rights of the people.
The shift in American political beliefs by the Federalists.
Based on knowledge of the grievances listed in the Declaration, the impact of the debates held at the Constitutional Convention are framed around ___.
What is the power of the executive branch?
A state passes a law imposing a fine for the failure to pay taxes for online purchases made in the past year.
What is a violation of the Interstate Commerce Clause? (That power belongs to the federal government.)
The attitude towards Congress' power under the Commerce Clause reflected in the US vs Lopez (1995) deviates most from ____.
Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824).
The constituents in a congressional district voted to replace their representative in the House after she voted against a measure the district largely supported; this scenario best reflects which Constitutional principle?
What is popular sovereignty?
Written proof in the Constitution that the states would retain powers not given to the federal government.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
One way of changing The Constitution without the support of Congress is ____.
What is 2/3rds of the states calling for a convention to propose an amendment, and 3/4ths of the states legislature ratifying?
These have most greatly affected the relationship between the national and state governments in the last century.
What are categorical grants?
The outcome of Lopez vs. US (1995) rests most heavily on the _______ Constitutional principle.
What is judicial review?
"The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the People of the several States;" best demonstrates which Constitutional principle?
What is republicanism?
The Compromise in the Constitution that most closely aligns with the provision in the Articles that "each state shall have one vote is ___.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Anti-Federalists wanted slaves to count for representation. This assertion led to...
What is The 3/5ths Compromise?
The ways in which federal funding can be used to affect the balance of power between state and national governments.
What is fiscal federalism?
Summarize the debate reflected in US vs. Lopez (1995).
Can the Commerce Clause of the Constitution be used by the federal government to prosecute a person for possessing a fire arm in a school?
The addition of a Bill of Rights to the new Constitution is the effect of ________, a foundational document.
What is Brutus 1?
The rise of political parties with competing ideas on the balance of political power between the federal and state governments describes a long-term effect of which foundational document?
What are The Articles of Confederation?
This is the proper name for a two-house legislature.
What is bicameral?
A type of federal funding that would most likely shift the balance of power from states to the national government could be ___.
What are categorical grants related to healthcare?
___________ supports the national government's perspective in the court case McCulloch vs. Maryland?
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The Supreme Court case which confirms the misgivings expressed in Brutus No. 1 is __________.
What is McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819)
Economic tensions were a _____ of the Articles of Confederation.
Short-term
The event that inspired James Madison to write Federalist No. 10.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Taxing exports is an exclusive power of ___.
What is the federal/national government?
The landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch vs. Maryland served as a precedent for ____.
What is increasing federal power?