Foundational Documents
Document's goal was to separate from Great Britain.
Who had most of the power under the Articles of Confederation?
What is the States.
Powers given to the States are ________________ and powers given to the National Government are ________________
What are Reserved and Enumerated or Expressed.
Main TWO people involved in Marbury v. Madison.
What are William Marbury and James Madison.
Enlightenment thinker that wrote about Natural rights.
What is John Locke.
Document that spoke MUCH about the separation of powers.
What is Federalist #51.
Name 1 check that the Judicial Branch has on the Legislative Branch
What is Declaring a law unconstitutional.
Define Block and Categorical Grants.
What is Block grant is for a broad purpose and a Categorical grant is for a specific purpose.
What Supreme Court case decision included the idea of the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland.
Enlightenment thinker that believes that humans are inherently evil and need government to control them.
What is Thomas Hobbes.
Where is this excerpt from? "Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly [foolish] to abolish [eliminate] liberty..."
What is Federalist #10
Name 2 checks that the Legislative Branch has on the Executive Branch.
What is Senate can declare war, impeach and remove executive officials from office, overturn vetoes, Senate can reject treaties, and oversee federal agencies.
Dual Federalism is a _____________ cake and Cooperative Federalism is a _______________ cake
What Supreme Court Case decision included the idea of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison.
"Father of the Constitution"
What is James Madison.
Unicameral is to ______________ as Bicameral is to ______________________
What are Articles of Confederation and U.S. Constitution.
What is veto bills, serve as commander in chief, and can call special congressional sessions, and agencies can choose how to enforce laws given by congress.
Name 4 Concurrent powers of the government.
What is taxing, borrowing money, establishing courts, making and enforcing laws, create banks and corporations, take private property for public use.
What is the main issue in the Marbury v. Madison case?
Delivery of Judicial appointments.
Name 2 compromises from the Constitutional Convention.
What is the 3/5th Compromise, Great (Connecticut) Compromise, Electoral College, Election of President.
Where is this excerpt from? " History furnishes no example of a free republic, any thing like the extent of the United States. The Grecian republics were of small extent; so also was that of the Romans."
What is Brutus 1.
What needed to be added to the Constitution in order for all sides to ratify it?
What is A Bill of Rights.
What are federal rules that state must obey and give 2 examples.
What other clause is present in the McCulloch v. Maryland case?
What is the Supremacy Clause.
Ability to rule:
Right to rule:
Public's belief in the ruler:
Ultimate authority and power:
What is Power, Authority, Legitimacy, and Sovereignty.