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Before the Constitution
Foundational Documents
Elements of Government
Constitution
Theories and Compromises
100
Group that opposed the ratification of the constitution
Who are the anti-federalists
100

Warned against a strong central government and favored small, localized control

What is Brutus No. 1

100
Each branch of government has power to limit the power of the other two branches of government
What is checks and balances
100

the most serious danger to a republic according to James Madison and most others at the constitutional convention

What are factions

100
This theory suggests that the wealthiest individuals control policy.
What is the Elite Theory
200

Number of states that had to agree under the Articles of Confederation in order to pass a national law

What is 9

200

Argued that a strong central government would protect against factions. 

What Federalist No. 10

200
a legislature with two separate chambers
What is bicameral
200

Clause that establishes the federal government as being more important and powerful than state governments. 

What is the Supremacy Clause

200

Counted enslaved people for the apportionment of seats in the House without giving those people any power

What is the 3/5 Compromise

300
Document that created strong states governments and a weak, ineffective central government
What is the Articles of Confederation
300

Argued for the checks and balances and separation of powers within the Constitution

What is Federalist 51?

300
Referring to a division of power between the federal government and the states
What is federalism
300

the supreme court established the power of judicial review for itself in this landmark case

What is Marbury vs. Madison

300
A resolution of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans creating a bicameral congress with equal representation in the Senate and apportionment based on population in the House of Representatives
What is the Connecticut "Great" Compromise
400
Exposed the division between rural poor and urban elite, and highlighted the need for a national military
What is Shay's Rebellion
400

Laid out the injustices that gave colonists the right to separate from Britain

What is the Declaration of Independence

400

Political definition of granting power to an independent executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch.

What is separation of powers

400

voting rights, requirements, and eligibility were left to these governmental agents by the founders.

What are the states

400

Type of democracy where people find others with similar interests and find ways to influence policy to benefit those interests. 

What is Pluralist Democracy

500

Two powers the central government lacked under the Articles of Confederation

What are the: right to levy taxes, regulate commerce, raise an army, coin money

500
Added to the Constitution to protect citizens from the government. 

What is the Bill of Rights?

500
these institutions connect citizens to their government
What linkage institutions
500

Clause in the 14th Amendment that protects a citizen's right to have fair treatment through the judicial system

What is the due process clause

500

Citizens give the consent to be governed according to this

What is a Social Contract