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"We hold these truths to be self-evident..."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Wanted the Bill Of Rights
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
To coin money
What are Enumerated Powers?
This clause is used to execute other federal powers
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
Everyone votes in government
What is a Direct Democracy?
The anti-feds wanted this added to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
They wanted slaves to count for direct taxation
Who are the Northern states?
To grant titles of nobility
What are denied powers?
"[Can] regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States"
What is the Commerce Clause?
The higher up people hold all the power in government
What is Elite Democracy?
Factions are inevitable, need a republic to control them.
What is Fed 10?
Virginia Plan + New Jersey Plan =
What is the Connecticut Compromise
To create marriage laws
What are reserved powers?
Federal laws take precedence over state laws
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The government is controlled by the people's elected representatives
What is a Republic?
Ended because of Shay's rebellion.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
What is a Bicameral legislature?
To create a national post office
What are implied powers?
Also known as the Elastic Clause
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
Believed in a Social Contract
Who is John Locke?
"Life Liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
What is the Constitution?
The number of representatives + the number of senators = the number of people in _____
What is the electoral college?
The power to set up courts
What are concurrent powers?
Interstate Roadways, waterways, and airways can be regulated by congress because of this clause
What is the Commerce Clause?
Medicaid is an example of what
What is a categorical grant?