chapter 1 vocab

Question 1

anti-federalists

Answer 1

states stronger than gov

Question 2

authoritarian

Answer 2

concentration of power to one person

Question 3

bill of rights

Answer 3

First 10 amendments: It guarantees civil rights and liberties like freedom of speech, press, and religion.

Question 4

blueprint for government

Answer 4

legislature, executive, court system:

Question 5

Brutus #1 (anti-federalist)

Answer 5

argued that federal power was bad and that the Constitution gives too much power to the federal government

Question 6

commerce clause

Answer 6

Congress the power to regulate commerce between nations, states, and indian tribes

Question 7

constitutional comprmises

Answer 7

The three major compromises were the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College.

Question 8

delegate theory

Answer 8

representative democracy

Question 9

representative democracy

Answer 9

where elected persons represent a group of people

Question 10

direct democracy

Answer 10

enable the public to vote directly on a proposed…

Question 11

elite theory

Answer 11

members of the economic elite and policy-planning networks, holds the most power—and that this power is independent of democratic elections.

Question 12

electoral college

Answer 12

When people cast their vote, they are actually voting for a group of people called electors. The number of electors each state gets is equal to its total number of Senators and Representatives in Congress

Question 13

factions

Answer 13

group that shares a common political purpose but differs in some respect to the rest of the entity

Question 14

federalism

Answer 14

federal and delegated powers

Question 15

federalists

Answer 15

stronger federal government

Question 16

federalist papers

Answer 16

promoted the ratification of the Constitution

Question 17

federalist #10

Answer 17

deals with the danger of “faction” in a democratic government

Question 18

federalist #51

Answer 18

James Madison explains and defends the checks and balances system in the Constitution

Question 19

grand committee

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A Grand Committee operates similarly to a Committee of the Whole House, except that no votes can take place, so amendments must be unanimously agreed upon.

Question 20

great compromise

Answer 20

provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.

Question 21

indirect democracy

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democratic government in which voters choose delegates to create the laws of government on their behalf.

Question 22

judicial review

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the ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution, is not found within the text of the Constitution itself.

Question 23

Majoritarianism

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It is a belief that the majority community should be able to rule a country in whichever way it wants.`

Question 24

Marbury v. Madison, 1803

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established judicial review

Question 25

New Jersey Plan

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designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation

Question 26

pluralism

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a society where multiple people, or groups share political power

Question 27

popular sovereignty

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government gets all political power from the consent of the people

Question 28

Republic

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a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives

Question 29

Social contract

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a free state where people agree to coexist with each other under the rules of a common body

Question 30

Trustee theory

Answer 30

constituents elect their trustees and they have autonomy to deliberate and act as they see fit, in their own conscience even if it means going against the explicit desires of their constituents

Question 31

Virginia plan

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strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies