American Political Culture
Model of democracy that emphasizes the importance of citizen involvement.
What is participatory democracy?
Supremacy Clause
Argues a large republic is best to control of the effects of faction.
What is Federalist No. 10?
Where you can find the powers of congress in the constitutuion.
What is Article 1, section 8
Supreme court case established the separate but equal doctrine and was overturned.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Idea that the government's right to rule comes from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
Powers that can be used by the federal and state governments at the same time.
What are concurrent powers?
The United States' first constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This expressed power enables Congress to regulate interstate trade.
Commerce Clause
The Court acknowledged the implied powers of Congress in this case.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Life, liberty and property.
What are natural rights?
Delicious metaphor for dual federalism.
What is layer cake federalism?
Article that describes the process for amending the Constitution.
What is Article V?
True or false, Congress provides punishment for counterfeiting.
What is true.
Act that was ruled unconstitutional in US V. Lopez.
What is the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990.
Theory of democracy that emphasizes the role of groups in the policymaking process.
What is pluralist theory of democracy?
Reserves powers not given to national government for the states.
What is the tenth amendment?
Written to argue that the proposed constitution would give too much power to the national government.
What is Brutus No. 1?
Article where Congress' powers are listed.
What is Article I?
SCOTUS ruled in favor of this level of government in Gonzales v. Raich.
What is the federal government?
The political institution that interprets the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
Federal aid that is most favored by the states.
What are block grants?
He is considered the father of the constitution.
Who is James Madison?
Alternate name for the elastic clause.
What is the necessary and proper clause?
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?