Ideals of Democracy and Types of Democracy
The people are the authority
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The two opposing beliefs when the United States began organizing the constitution and government of the nation
What is federalism and anti-federalism?
The document that laid out the first form of government in the US
Articles of Confederation
The three branches of the United States government
What is the legislative, executive and judicial branch?
The ability of the government to tax, raise an army, borrow money, establish a postal system, immigration processes among other things
What is the enumerated powers?
A government in which people elect officials they trust to act in their best interest
What is representative democracy?
The issue targeted by Federalist No. 10
What are factions?
An event that exposed the issues within the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Describes the fact that the three branches of government have distinct responsibilities and limitations
What is separation of powers?
A clause used in defense of the Federal government's ability to pass gun regulation in the United States v. Lopez case
What is the Commerce Clause?
A document intended to justify the colonists splitting from Great Britain (the mother country)
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The creator of Federalist No. 10
Who is James Madison?
A government where several powers unite to form a central power
What is a confederation?
Describes how a president can kill a bill by refusing to sign it
What is a pocket veto?
A court case regarding Federalism that included debates over whether the Federal government was able to create a national bank
The originator of the Enlightenment philosophy of social contract
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Discussed in Brutus No. 1, describes a strong state government and weak federal government
What is confederated government?
The act that established the lower courts
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
Clause that established the national power being above the states but limited by the enumerated powers
What is the Supremacy Clause?
What is dual federalism?
Three forms of representative democracy
What is participatory, pluralist and elite forms of representative democracy?
The clause that states the federal government can pass any law they see as necessary and proper to execute the enumerated powers
What is the necessary and proper clause?
Two compromises that took place during the ratification of the U.S. constitution
What is the Great Compromise and 3/5 Compromise?
The three types of grants offered by the Federal government
What are categorical, block and mandate grants?
The replacer of dual federalism that allowed Congress to expand its commerce powers during the Industrial Age onward
What is selective exclusiveness?