Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Federalism
Federalist v Anti-Federalist
US v. Lopez
100

One of the many weaknesses of the Articles

What is: no ability to raise a military, state unanimity, inability to squash rebellion, unicameral legislature, lack of participation

100

The two main issues raised at the Constitutional Convention

What are representation and power? 

100

The definition of Federalism

What is the sharing of power between state and national governments?

100

The two main clauses that Brutus has a problem with in the Constitution

What are the necessary and proper clause and the supremacy clause?

100

The main argument of this case

What is Congress does not have the power to create certain laws affecting states?

200

Under the articles this governing body was the only one to levy and collect taxes

What are the states?

200

This plan called for separation of of national powers (Legislative, executive and judicial branches), 

bicameral legislature (House of Reps and Senate) and 

representation to be based on state population 

What is the Virginia Plan?

200

The branch of US Government that is responsible of making laws

What is legislative? 

200

The main fear of Publius in Federalist 10

What are rise of factions?

200

Main argument for the Federal Government in this case

What is Congress has the power to enforce this law by the commerce clause of the US Constitution?

300

The main reason for Shay's rebellion in Massachusetts

What is the inability of the state to generate enough money to pay debts.

300

This plan called for equal representation in congress instead of state population

What is the New Jersey Plan?

300

The executive branch of government has this responsibility when it comes to laws in the United States

What is enforce laws?

300

The main cause of a factions according to Madison

What is poverty and inequality? 

300

What PRINCIPLE of our government was violated by the United States (NOT CLAUSE)

What is federalism? 

400

By creating a new constitution and not adopting the articles, this governing body became even stronger. A great fear for Anti-Federalists 

What is the national government?

400

All of the aspects found under the Great Compromise

What are: 

Bicameral legislature (2 houses of Congress)

Senate = Equal representation

House = Population representation

400

The process of making changes to the US Constitution

What is an amendment? 

400

The only way to combat factions

What is with other factions? 

400

The amendment that the state of Texas claims the United States Congress is violating with the Gun Free School Zones Act

What is the 10th Amendment?

500

This is an alliance of independent states

What is a confederacy? 

500

The unfortunate compromise of the Constitutional Convention that made slavery an even more lucrative commodity

What is the 3/5's Compromise?

500

Constitutional provision declaring that the constitution and all national laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land

What is the supremacy clause?

500

The main fear of Brutus

What is the government would act in a tyrannical manner?

500

The law that congress created that was unconstitutional

What is the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990?