Brutus 1
Brutus No. 1 was written to oppose the ratification of this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
"A number of citizens who are united or actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens"
What is a faction?
This is considered the strongest branch of government.
What is the legislature?
The Articles of Confederation only had this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch?
This Virginian was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Brutus feared that this clause would give the federal government unlimited power.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
According to Madison, this form of government is best suited to control the effects of factions.
What is a large republic?
This is how the strongest branch of government is weakened.
What is by dividing it into two houses?
In order to change the Articles of Confederation, this was required.
What is a unanimous vote?
The Declaration famously states that all men are endowed with these "unalienable rights."
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Who did Brutus think would do a better job at handling the day-to-day operations of government?
What are the states?
Madison saw this type of democracy as especially vulnerable to factionalism.
What is a pure democracy?
This is the name for splitting up the powers of government
What is a separation of powers?
The inability of the government to respond effectively to this 1786 rebellion highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
The Declaration says that when a government becomes destructive of rights, people have this right and duty.
What is alter or abolish it?
Brutus was afraid that our nation was too large for this type of government to work.
What is a republic?
Federalist 10 was written by whom to support the ratification of this foundational document.
Who is James Madison and what is the U.S. Constitution?
The presidential veto is an example of
What is a check?
Under the Articles, the national government lacked the power to do this essential money generating action.
What is tax?
This section of the Declaration lists specific complaints against British rule.
What is the list of grievances?
What part of the U.S. Constitution was provided to appease the Anti-Federalists?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What was the author's fears of using majority rule?
What is tyranny of the majority?
The term for having two houses in the legislative branch.
What is bicameralism?
The national government under the Articles could not regulate this aspect of economic activity between states.
What is interstate commerce?
The Declaration of Independence states that governments derive "their just powers" from this principle.
What is the consent of the governed?