DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION
WHAT IS THE GREAT COMPROMISE?
CONSTITUTIONAL COMPROMISE REACHED REGARDING HOW REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE DELEGATED IN CONGRESS.
WHAT IS RATIFICATION?
FORMAL CONSENT/ACCEPTANCE OF A WRITTEN DOCUMENT.
HOW MANY AMENDMENTS ARE THERE IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
10
WHAT IS FEDERALSIM?
AN INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENT THAT CREATES 2 RELATIVELY AUTONOMOUS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, EACH WITH THE CAPACITY TO ACT DIRECTLY OF THE BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE
WHAT IS DUAL FEDERALISM?
STATES AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS EXERCISE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY IN DISTINCTLY DELINEATED SPHERES OF JURISDICTION
LIST 3 ENUMERATED EXECUTIVE POWERS.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ARMED FORCES CONDUCTS FOREIGN AFFAIRS, APPOINTS FEDERAL JUDGES, AMBASSADORS, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, GRANTS PARDONS, POWER TO VETO LEGISLATION PASSED BY CONGRESS
WHAT WERE 2 FEARS OF THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS?
TOO MUCH CENTRAL POWER, ELITISM, POLITICAL ARISTOCRACY, RELIGIOUS TOLERATION, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES ABOLISHED
WHEN WAS THE BILL OF RIGHTS ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION?
1791
HOW IS A UNITARY SYSTEM STRUCTURED?
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS DEPENDENT ON THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
WHAT IS COOPERATVE FEDERALISM?
BOTH LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT COORDINATE ACTIONS TO SOLVE NATIONAL PROBLEMS
LIST 4 ENUMERATED JUDICIAL POWERS.
HEARS CASES INVOLVING FEDERAL LAW, FINAL COURT OF APPEAL, POWER TO DECLARE LAWS OR EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, UNCONSTITUTIONAL CHIEF JUSTICE PRESIDES OVER IMPEACHMENT TRIALS
WHO WERE THE 3 AUTHORS OF THE FEDERALIST PAPERS?>
JOHN JAY, JAMES MADISON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON
WHAT IS THE 9TH AMENDMENT?
THE 9TH AMENDMENT STATES THAT THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE EXTEND BEYOND THOSE LISTED IN THE CONSTITUTION.
NAME 2 RESPONSIBILITES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
1. HANDLES MATTERS THAT AFFECT THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE
2. DEFENDS NATION AGAINST FOREIGN THREATS
3. PROMOTES NATIONAL ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
4. LED BY AN ELECTED PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
WHAT IS NEW FEDERALISM?
REAGAN'S NEW VERSION OF FEDERALISM PREMISED ON THE IDEA THAT THE DECENTRALIZATION OF POLICIES ENCHANCES ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY, REDUCES PUBLIC SPENDING, IMPROVES POLICY OUTCOMES
LIST 3 ASPECTS OF THE VIRGINIA PLAN.
BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE- 2 HOUSES, # OF REPRESENTATIVES BASED ON STATE POPULATION, LOWER HOUSE- ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE, UPPER HOUSE SELECTED BY LOWER HOUSE, NO IMMEADIATE REELECTION
WHAT WERE THE LAST 3 STATES TO RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION?
NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, AND RHODE ISLAND
HOW ARE AMENDMENTS APPROVED WHEN PROPOSED BY CONGRESS?
1. APPROVED BY 2/3RDS OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
2. APPROVED BY 3/4THS OF THE STATES
NAME AND EXPLAIN 3 TYPES OF GOVERNMENTAL POWERS
1. ENUMERATED POWERS- POWERS GRANTED TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CONSTITUTION
2. RESERVED POWERS- POWERS RESERVED TO STATE, NOT LISTED IN CONSTITUTION
3. POWERS DENIED- WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT DO
4. CONCURRENT POWERS- POWERS BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POSSESS
WHAT DID GIBBON V. ODGEN ESTABLISH?
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS EXCLUSIVE POWER OVER INTERSTATE COMMERCE AND CAN NEGATE LAWS THAT INTERFERE WITH POWER (EXPANSION OF COMMERCE CLAUSE)
EXPLAIN HOW EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FURTHER INTEGRATED SLAVERY INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY: THREE-FIFTH'S COMPROMISE, FUGITIVE SLAVE CLAUSE, IMPORTATION AND MIGRATION CLAUSE.
NAME 2 FEDERALIST PAPERS AND DISCUSS WHAT EACH ARGUES FOR.
FED. 10- REPUBLIC
FED. 51- SEPERATION OF POWERS/ CHECKS AND BALANCES
FED. 70- EXECUTIVE
FED. 78- JUDICIARY
WHAT IS LISTED IN THE 5TH, 6TH, AND 7TH AMENDMENTS?
5TH- NO DOUBLE JEOPARDY/DUE PROCESS
6TH- RIGHT TO FAIR AND SPEEDY TRIAL
7TH- RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY
NAME 3 RESPONSIBILITES OF SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS.
1. HANDLES MATTERS WITHIN THE REGION
2. ADMINISTER EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC SAFETY
3. LED BY ELECTED GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE
WHAT DID MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND ESTABLISH?
ESTABLISHED SECOND BANK- UNDER NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE, CONGRESS POSSESED POWERS NOT EXPLICITLY OUTLINE IN CONSTITUTION.
STATE CANNOT TAX NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DOCTRINE OF "IMPLIED POWERS".