Unit 1 test review Flashcards
(22 cards)
- Why did the framers of the Constitution make the amendment process so difficult? 1.5.
Protect individual rights
Example of Federal Mandate
Americans with disability act
- What were the debates between the Federalists and Anti-Federalist mainly about? 1.3
Powers of central government
- What is argued by Madison in Fed 10? 1.3
A strong central government would be easier to control faction
- What is commonly identified as a failure of the Articles of Confederation? 1.4
The inability to *tax *
- According to Madison, what is the best way to control the effects of a faction? 1.3
A large Public (governement defeats factions made by weathy)
Bicameralism
The 2 legislative chambers / 2 house of representives)
- What did the Warren’s Court ruling in Brown V. Board of Education (1954) demonstrate about Supreme Court Decisions? 1.1
Ideological change
- Why was Brutus an example of an Anti-Federalist? 1.3
He though a large central would take away individual rights
- How is bicameralism used as a check on the vote to impeach the President? 1.1
The house impeaches then the senate deliberates that case for guilt or innocence.
what is checks and balances
provides the three branches of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
(legisasive, Executive, Judicial)
an example of checks and balances
A rule issued by biradical agency
what does the commercce clause do
Expands the power of the national gov
Whats the differnece between the AOC and the Constitution
The constition Emphasis nation soverty and fedulaism
what 2 documents reference on how views of Federalism have shifted in the United States. 1.8
McCulloch v. Maryland (1918) and United States v. Lopez (1995)
Concurrent powers
Concurrent powers are powers that both national and state government share. An example is taxation because they are held for both state and federal government.
what did the great compromise provide for
bicameralism
- What isn’t a consequences of the federal system of government in the United States? 1.9
a strict division of powers
- After a Constitutional amendment has been proposed by both houses of congress, what does its adoption require? 1.5
Ratification by 3/4th states
- What clause in the Constitution justifies the “implied powers doctrine”? 1.8
Necessary and the proper clause
- Which of the ideals of democracy is reflected in the procedure for appointment in the House of Representatives? 1.1
Government is based of consent of people
