Review Extra Credit Flashcards
Popular sovereignty
The people have the most authority in government
Federalists
A supporter of federal government; a supporter of the US constitution
Anti-Federalists
A group of diverse that formed to oppose the Passage of the new constitution
Commerce clause
Refers to article 1, and section 8 of the US constitution, which gives congress to commerce to assist foreign nations
Supremacy Clause
The clause in the US, stating that all laws made the constitution under the authority of the US
Marbury v Madison
A case decided by the Supreme Court that declared that a certain law should not be enforced
The federalist papers
A series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in the late 1780s to persuade the voters of New York to adopt the constitution