Our system of government in which the people elect representatives to create policy is called this.
What is a republic?
100
This is the type of government in which all policymaking is done at the central authority and the states have little to no power to make policy.
What is a unitarian government?
100
This was added to the US Constitution in order to get it ratified by all 13 states
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
This philosopher influenced Jefferson's phrase "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as well as the founder's dedication to "Natural Rights"
Who is John Locke?
100
Madison, the father of the Constitution, worried about the government having too much power. Therefore, he created these to restrain the power of the government.
What are checks and balances OR separation of powers?
200
This action allows the President to block a bill and send it back to Congress so that it can either be scrapped or be passed with a 2/3 majority.
What is a Presidential veto?
200
Powers that are given exclusively to the States and not to the Central Government are called this.
What are reserved powers?
200
The powers specifically given to Congress in Article 1, Section 8 are called this.
What are the enumerated powers?
200
This military uprising caused the collapse of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shay's Rebellion
200
This plan favored small states and had a unicameral legislature
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
Examples of this include the media, political parties, interest groups and elections.
What are linkage institutions?
300
This type of grant is given to States for specific purposes on the merits of application
What are project grants?
300
James Madison, the father of the Constitution, thought that these were the biggest threat to a stable government
What are factions?
300
The Articles of Confederation caused the central government to be constantly in debt because it lacked this power
What is the power to tax?
300
Senators are less prone to waves of polarization because their term is this long.
What is six years?
400
These four institutions make policy for the United States
What is the Congress, the Executive branch, the Bureaucracy and the Court system?
400
This part of the Constitution justified McCullough v. Maryland and caused an expansion of the power of the central government.
What is the "necessary and proper clause"
400
In a case of Impeachment, this body acts as the prosecuting attorney.
What is the House of Representatives?
400
This group was mostly composed of small farmers and middle class people who opposed an expansion of the central government
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
400
This idea means that states and the federal government share roles and responsibilities
What is Cooperative Federalism (marbled cake)
500
This Supreme Court case established the power of Judicial Review, which allows the Supreme Court to decide whether acts of Congress or the Executive are Constitutional
What is Marbury v. Madison?
500
This landmark Supreme Court case gave the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce
What is Gibbons v. Ogden
500
This right of a prisoner to be informed of the charges against them and confront the accuser in a court of law is called this.
What is the right of habeas corpus?
500
This was an agreement between the north and the south with regards to how the slaves should counted for population purposes and taxed.
What is the 3/5's compromise?
500
This process of proposing an amendment to the Constitution has never been used before.