Chapter 2 Flashcards
How does the constitution divide power between Federal and State level
10th Amendment Reserved Powers Clause
-gives powers not specified to Fed. Gov’t to States
What was the system of Government in place for the Colonies originally and how long did it work?
- Virginia House of Burgesses
- 140 years
- Gave colonies Self-Governing power
Why did the Virginia House of Burgesses begin to fail?
- French and Indian War costly (1756-1763)
- British Tax colonies
Original series of Taxes British imposed on colonies?
Sugar Act of 1764 -wine, coffee, sugar Stamp Act of 1765 -all paper goods Quartening Act -colonists had to pay for troops living in their house
How did Sons of Liberty respond to British’s Sugar Act of 1764, Stamp Act of 1765, and Quartering Act?
- Burned British Governor’s home
- threatened British Tax Agents
Boston Massacre?
- colonial mob taunts British soldiers
- 5 colonists killed
British Response to Boston Massacre?
- lifted taxes
- kept tax on tea
King George’s response to Boston Tea Party?
Coercive Act -named Intolerable Acts by colonists Sent 4,000 more troops to U.S. Naval Blockade on Boston Harbor -economic burden on Boston
When did the Revolutionary War begin? Shot heard around the World?
April 19, 1775
-Lexington and Concord Massachusetts
Common Sense author? What did it say?
- argued against peace with British
- Thomas Paine
Date that Independence was agreed upon and passed?
(this was done during Second Continental Congress)
June 7, 1776
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia enters resolution
July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence passed as Thomas Jefferson as author
What was the Chaotic Period?
1781 to 1789 of Articles of Confederation
- govt couldn’t tax
- trade barrier among states
- govt couldn’t finance military
Constitutional Convention?
- Articles replaced with Constitution
- led by George Washington
- High educated attendees with diverse views
Who showed up to the Constitutional Convention? What was the date? Where was it?
- 55 representatives from 12 states (Rhode Island no show)
- May 25, 1787
- Annapolis Maryland
Debate during the Constitutional Convention?
Virginia Plan v.s. New Jersey Plan
Differences between Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan?
Virginia Plan -James Madision -favored large states -3 branches of government New Jersey Plan -favored small states -wanted to fix articles -one House, one vote per state
Connecticut Compromise
Great Compromise between Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
Author of Constitution? When was it adopted by Delegates of the states?
James Madison
September 17, 1787
Ratification of U.S. Constitution?
- 9/13 states
- New Hampshire 9th state to ratify
- Virginia and New York didn’t ratify (40% of Population)
Which state called for Bill of Rights upon ratification of the U.S. constitution?
Massachusetts
What two things did the Bill of Rights guarantee?
Person Rights
States Rights
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
- showcase of Separation of Powers
- President and Congress pass law
-law gives Administrative agency powers to make laws
-law gave Senate OR House veto power (not president)
over administration
-Supreme Court declares unconstitutional
Youngstown Steel & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
-showcase of Checks and Balances
- Union notifies on Intent to Strike
- President Truman issues executive order to continue operations
-Supreme Court rules Executive Order was not his constitutional powers
3 important areas of Constitution for Regulation of Business
- Supremacy Clause
- Necessary and Proper Clause
- Commerce Clause
All part of the Enumerated Powers (Article 1 section 8)
Gibbons v. Ogden
- expanded Commerce Clause
- New York and New Jersey steamboat rights over Hudson
- Chief Justice John Marshall
- Distinguishmentt of Intrastate and Interstate
NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
- expanded Commerce Clause
- Jones and Laughlin say NLRB can’t regulate them
- Internstate Commerce because company actions affect other states
Wickard v. Filburn
- small farmer grows and consumes own crops
- does not sell them
- Supreme Court says it’s interstate commerce
- if other farmers followed his way… would have “aggregate effect”
McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans
- Expanded Commerce Clause
- says internstate commerce can be purley local
- if it affects other states
Case that expanded Necessary and Proper Clause?
- McCulloh v. Marylan
- Necessary and Proper Clause v. Reserved Powers Clause
- Supreme Court says Necessary and Proper Clause gives them right to operate tax free
3 other words for Necessary and Proper Clause?
Implied Powers Clause
Inherent Powers Clause
Elastic Clause
Plessy v. Ferguson
-Separate but Equal Doctrine
What case opened up Jim Crow laws to Texas being allowed?
Plessy v. Ferguson
-Texas White
What case decided that allowing only White’s to vote in the Primary Election was unconstitutional under due to the Commerce Clause?
Smith v. Allwright
What case ended the Separate but Equal Doctrine? A defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement
Brown v. Board of Education
Following the Civil Rights Act of 1964, what two cases came about because businesses were not following the law?
Katzenbach v. McLung (Ollie’s BBQ)
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
- white only signs
- involved in interstate commerce
- outside travelers
- Federal Government could regulate
Katzenbach v. McLung
- didn’t serve blacks inside
- bought food from supplier involved in interstate commerce
- Ollies BBQ involved in interstate commerce
- used logic of Wickard v. Filburn
First case to limit the Interstate Commerce Clause?
United States v. Lopez
United States v. Lopez
- had gun on school property
- prosecuted under Fed. Law not Texas
- Didn’t violate interstate congress so went free
- didn’t exactly limit commerce clause.. just said it couldn’t regulate non-business activities
Case that followed United States v. Lopez trend of limiting Commerce Clause?
Printz v. United States