American Foundations
This event was a major cause that highlighted the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This ideology generally supports a strong federal government to address national problems like healthcare, education, and economic stability.
What is liberal ideology?
Political Parties, Media, Interest Groups
What are Linkage Institutions?
"A small republic can better serve the interests of its citizens than a large one, where power is too distant from the people."
What is Brutus #1?
What is the commerce clause?
This principle divides power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
The process by which individuals develop their political attitudes and beliefs.
What is political socialization?
This is the term for the relationship where interest groups, government agencies, and congressional committees work together to create policy.
What are Iron Triangles?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
SuperPACs
This principle is rooted in the idea that government derives its power from the consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
This political ideology favors the shift of authority from the national government to state and local governments, particularly on issues like welfare and healthcare.
What is conservative ideology?
This term refers to the media’s focus on who is winning or losing a campaign rather than on issues and policies.
What is horse-race journalism?
"Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens."
What is Federalist #10?
These two clauses were constitutional questions role in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?
What are the Necessary & Proper/Supremacy Clause?
The Connecticut (Great) Compromise is considered essential for the ratification of the Constitution, as it balanced interests of both large and small states by creating this
What is a Bicameral Legislature?
House of Reps (Population Proportionality)
Senate (Equal State Representation)
This effect describes how people's political attitudes change as they age and take on new responsibilities like buying a home or retiring.
What is the lifecycle effect?
This term refers to when voters choose candidates from more than one party on their ballot.
What is split-ticket voting?
"The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare."
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The Supreme Court give itself the power to declare laws and government actions unconstitutional in Marbury v. Madison?
What is Judicial Review?
As written in Article V, one way the Constitution can be amended is through this two-step process. (yes, use your fractions)
1. 2/3's Congress 2. 3/4's States
1. 2/3's States Convention 2. 3/4's States
A person who supports limited government intervention in economic issues but believes in greater personal freedom.
What is a Libertarian?
The Electoral College is criticized for these two reasons...
1) the candidate with the most votes, might not become president?
2) emphasis on a few swing states?
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
What is the 10th Amendment?
In New York Times v. United States, the government asserted that it could use this to prevent the paper from publishing the Pentagon Papers
What is prior restraint?