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The Constitution
Federalism
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This is the concept that the Framers of the Constitution borrowed from Montesquieu.
What is separation of powers?
100
The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom heavily influenced this part of the Constitution.
What is the 1st Amendment?
100
Which of the branches of government do each of the following Articles discuss: Article I? Article II? Article III?
What is Legislative, Executive, Judicial?
100
This is what says the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties take precedence over state laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
100
Name the 4 Freedoms in the 1st Amendment.
What are speech, religion, press, assembly, & petition?
200
What type of government does Hobbes think is best, and why does he think that type is necessary?
Absolute monarchy, because man is inherently evil and must be controlled.
200
The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to...
Limit the power of the federal government and protect individual liberties
200
To amend the Constitution, ____ of Congress and ____ of states must approve.
What is 2/3 & 3/4?
200
Name at least 3 examples of expressed powers.
What are coining money, declaring war, taxation, creating post offices, appointing federal officials, regulating interstate & international commerce?
200
Name at least 2 checks on 2 different branches of government.
President vetoes a bill. Congress overrides a veto. Supreme Court declares law unconstitutional. President nominates Supreme Court justice. Congress can impeach the President.
300
According to Locke, why do men join communities?
For security, and protection of their rights
300
This document served as a model for the Bill of Rights.
What is the VA Declaration of Rights?
300
Explain the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the 1st Amendment.
Establishment: Govt cannot establish/declare a national religion that everyone must follow. Free Exercise: Govt cannot interfere with citizens' right to worship as they please
300
Name 2 examples of inherent powers.
What are setting immigration policy and establishing diplomatic relations with foreign countries?
300
This Amendment gave 18-year-olds the right to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
400
According to Rousseau, what is the best type of government?
What is direct democracy?
400
This is the document that gave the American colonists the same rights as English citizens, the rights that the colonists felt had been violated by the British monarchy.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
400
What was the goal of the Federalist Papers?
What is to persuade New York (and the general public) to ratify the Constitution?
400
Explain the Elastic Clause, and give one example of something the federal government has done using the clause as justification.
Congress may do what is "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers, as stated in Article I Section 8. These are implied powers. Example: build interstate highways, create a national bank, create a social welfare system
400
What effects did McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden have on the federal and state governments?
What is limited the power of the states, expanded the powers of the federal government (implied powers)?
500
This is the theory that says people give up some of their rights to the government in exchange for protection.
What is social contract theory?
500
Why wouldn't the Anti-Federalists ratify the original Constitution, and what finally convinced them to do so?
Feared a powerful national government, fear that personal liberties were not protected (no Bill of Rights). Ratified when promised a Bill of Rights would be added.
500
This amendment explains the powers reserved to the states (reserved powers).
What is the 10th Amendment?
500
Identify and explain at least 2 advantages to having a federal system of government.
Provides people with more access to government, problems can be solved at the local & state level, states can experiment & perfect new policies before the federal govt tries them
500
Explain the steps of the impeachment process.
House impeaches (brings charges). Senate, as jury, hears the case and votes guilty or not guilty. Guilty=automatic removal from office. Not guilty=remain in office