Constitution
The Preamble Communicates this
What is the intentions of the Framers and the purpose of the document?
Put in place to make peace between the North and the South
What is the 3/5ths compromise?
The definition of Federalism
What is the Separation of defined powers between the states & Central government?
The most important enlightenment thinker
Who is the philosopher John Locke?
They led the anti-federalists
Who are Patrick Henry, Melancton Smith, James Whinthop, and George Mason?
The number of Articles and what they describe
What is 7 articles and what is how the government is structured and how they operate
The rebellion that led to the end of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The benefits of Federalism
What is limiting Tyranny, and limiting and balancing power?
Citizens debate and vote directly on all laws
What is direct democracy?
Who are Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay?
The Branches of Government and the term for preventing tyranny
What is the separation of power between the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches?
The three plans devised to deal with the issue of Large Vs. Small states
A system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies.
Republic citizens and representatives who make laws and make decisions on their behalf
What is representative democracy?
The term for keeping the other branches in check to limit domination of one branch
What is Checks & Balences?
The problems with the Articles of Confederation
A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government. They may also share costs, administration, and even blame for programs that work poorly.
What is Cooperative Federalism?
The definition of Elite Democracy
What is Representative democracies are controlled by a small elite class that makes almost all the decisions for the nation?
The Anti-federalists argument against the ratification of the constitution
What is the argument that the greatest threat to the US was the government's potential to become corrupt and seize more and more power until it becomes tyrannical?
Shared powers
What are Majority Rule Vs. Minority Rights and States rights Vs. The Central Government?
Federal government using money (grants) to influence & control states.
What is Fiscal Federalism?
The Definition of Pluralism
What is a democratic government in which each citizen has an equal amount of influence over government policy?
The main idea and the writer of Federalists 10
Who is James Madison who identified direct democracy as a threat to the United states because under direct democracy large factions will eventually control the whole?