Factions and Actions
Madison argued this type of political system best controls factions.
What is a large republic?
Under the Articles, the national government lacked this basic financial power.
What is the power to tax?
This compromise created a bicameral legislature.
What is the Connecticut (Great) Compromise?
This founding document says governments get their power from “the consent of the governed.”
What is the DOI?
Powers shared by state and federal governments are called this.
What are concurrent powers?
This theory says policymaking happens because multiple groups compete and compromise.
What is the pluralist theory?
Under the Articles, Congress couldn’t regulate this type of trade
What is interstate commerce?
Adding this document that protects personal freedoms helped the Constitution's Ratification.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This Anti-Federalist author feared that representatives would become detached from citizens if the republic grew too large.
Who is Brutus?
This amendment is the usual citation for states’ rights.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Brutus argued that representatives in a large republic might ignore their constituents due to this factor.
What is political and physical distance?
The Articles required this amount of votes for amendments.
What is all of them/ unanimous?
This compromise counted enslaved people for representation purposes.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Madison wrote this paper explaining why factions are inevitable.
What is Federalist No. 10?
This clause gives Congress implied powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper/Elastic Clause?
Elitist theory argues political power is concentrated among this group.
What are the wealthy or elite?
The economic chaos under the Articles highlighted the need for this constitutional feature that ensures national laws outweigh local ones.
What is national supremacy?
This fraction of Congress must propose a constitutional amendment
What is two-thirds of Congress?
This Enlightenment idea says people give up some freedom in exchange for government protection.
What is the Social Contract?
The Supreme Court often looks at this clause to decide whether federal laws override state laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Federalist 10 and Brutus 1 disagree over whether this new structure protects or endangers liberty.
What is a strong federal government?
Because the national government lacked executive power, it struggled to handle these internal crises/wars.
What are rebellions?
The debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists was primarily over this issue.
What is the power of the Federal Gov?
The Federalist Papers were actually written by these three guys.
Who are John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison?
This court case strengthened federal supremacy through the Elastic Clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?