Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy

Question 1

How did John Locke influence the framers as they attempted to form a new government?

Question 2

How did Jean-Jacques Rousseau influence the framers as they attempted to form a new government?

Question 3

How did Montesquieu influence the framers as they attempted to form a new government?

Question 4

How do the claims made in the Declaration of Independence relate to Enlightenment thought?

Question 5

What is policy and how is it created?

Question 6

Summarize each article of the Constitution in one sentence.

Question 7

federalism

Question 8

social contract

Question 9

natural law

Question 10

popular sovereignty

Question 11

republicanism

Question 12

enumerated powers

Question 13

supremacy clause

Question 14

necessary/proper clause

Question 15

commerce clause

Question 16

full faith and credit clause

Question 17

participatory democracy

Answer 17

a system where many or most people in society directly vote for laws and issues, which sometimes incorporates civil disobedience to speak aloud the people’s voice
ex: Occupy Wall Street, state ballot voting

Question 18

pluralist democracy

Answer 18

a system where NGOs / interest groups spend money and resources to exert influence over politics and public opinion. Varied viewpoints are seen as an advantage in a diverse country.

Question 19

elite democracy

Answer 19

a system where elected representatives make political decisions for the people who elected them.
emphasizes limited participation
powerc concentrated with few + wealthy

Question 20

Federalist Papers

Answer 20

series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. They argued for the importance of the Constitution, which implemented a national system at the cost of some loss of state sovereignty.

Question 21

What is the main argument in Brutus No. 1?

Answer 21

Constitution gives the federal government too much power (supremacy clause, necessary/proper clause) AND that if the people are held under one government, their beliefs will be constantly contradicted - smaller republics are needed to represent diversity of opinion

Question 22

WIP

What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 22

Lack of centralized mil power
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Lack of power to tax
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Question 23

What event led to the Constitutional Convention? What year was the Convention?

Question 24

What type of democracy did the Articles of Confederation create?

Question 25

What was considered a Federalist?

Answer 25

Wealthy merchants, landowners, strong nat gov (over weak state gov), gov by elite, no Bill of Rights necessary

Question 26

What was considered an Anti-Federalist?

Answer 26

Led by Jefferson
Laborers, farmers
“Dem-Repubs”
Weak nat gov
Gov of common man
protection for indiv lib necessary

Question 27

What was the main argument of Fed. No. 10?

Question 28

What was the main argument of Fed. 51?

Question 29

What was the compromise on the importation of enslaved people?