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What ideas does the Declaration of Independence represent?

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The Declaration of Independence represents social contract (the right to overthrow the government if the government infringes upon the natural rights of citizens) popular sovereignty (the consent of the governed) and natural rights (certain unalienable rights given to the governed)

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What foundational ideas exist in the Government of United States?

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natural rights
popular sovereignty
social contract
republicanism

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The 4 foundational ideas exist together as what main concept of the government?

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Limited Government

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Explain Limited Government?

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Limited Government is the idea of the government being limited in terms of power and all power is resided mainly in the hands of the people

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Explain republicanism

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republicanism is the idea of selecting representatives to restate decisions and opinions of the people towards the government

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what are the the types of representatives

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participatory democracy is the democracy in which all citizens participate by giving their voice.

pluralist democracy is the democracy in which like minded people gather together as interest groups and compromise with other interest groups to make decisions.

elitist democracy is the democracy in which a select group of wealthy/powerful people make decisions for the whole government as they are closer to power and can implement decisions faster.

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Where can you see participatory democracy?

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In the Constitution, the elected house of representatives

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Where can you see pluralist democracy?

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Can be seen in Federalist No. 10 and Brutus 1

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Where can you see elitist democracy?

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Elitist democracy can be seen in the Constitution as well, the Electoral College in which electoral decide the President not the people.

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Who wrote Federalist 10

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James Madison

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What is the Articles of Confederation?

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Articles of Confederation was the first Constitution of the United States

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What was so unique about the Articles of Confederation?

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The Articles of Confederation gave the Federal Government no power to tax and denial of a standing army.

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How did this affect the condition of the Federal Government at first?

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The Federal Government had zero shares of the revenue and because there were no federal troops, it led to Shays Rebellion, an uproar caused by the citizens.

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What is the Shay’s Rebellion?

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A havoc created by angry farmers in Massachusetts, it showed the lack of federal troops when needed and showed a really weak Centralized Government

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What did Shay’s Rebellion lead to?

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It led to modification of Articles of Confederation in the event called Constitutional Convention in 1787.

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Who led the Constitutional Convention?

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George Washington

17
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What changes were made?

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They made an altogether new Constitution

18
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What does this Constitution include?

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The Great Compromise - in which there would be two houses, the House of Representatives based on population, and the Senates based on equal representation of all States.

19
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What other compromises does the new Constitution include?

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The new Constitution includes 3/5th Compromise and the Compromise of Electoral College and the importation of Slaves

The 3/5th Compromise includes counting 3/5th of the slaves into representation.
The Electoral College came into existence, it’s about voting of President by a select group of electoral.
The Importation of Slaves makes a promise to talk about banning Slave trade after 20 years in 1808.

20
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What else did the delegates agree upon in Constitutional Convention (HINT - to amend)

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The delegates wanted to make it easier to edit in the Constitution when neccessary.

21
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What was added in the Constitution to make it easier for the Constitution to be changed?

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Article 5 is added.

22
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What is included in Article 5?

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There are two steps written to approve change of Constitution parts, to propose and then ratify.

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What is necessary for the proposal of Amendment to take place?

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2/3rds of States and 2/3rds of Congress (2/3rds of both Houses)

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What is necessary for the proposal to be ratified?

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For 3/4rths of the State Legislators to agree

25
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Where is Division of Power and checks and balances represented the best in?

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The separation of power and checks and balances is written in the Constitution.

26
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Where is the Separation of Power shown in the Government?

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In the different powers of three different branches - Legislative, Judiciary and Executive.

27
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Where else is separation of power shown?

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In the Federalist 51, Madison states that “if Men were Angels, no government is necessary”

28
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What does Article 1 Section 8 say?

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It gives exclusive powers to just the Congress.

29
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What are the exclusive powers of the Congress?

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The power to tax, to declare war, regulate interstate commerce and make laws.

30
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Where are the exclusive powers of the President written in?

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In Article 2, the President is the commander in chief of the army, the commander is also in charge of negotiating the treaties, the President is the only one who can enforce the laws and veto the same laws.

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Where do the exclusive powers of the Judicial written in the Constitution? What are those powers?

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The Judicial powers are stated in the Article 3, the powers are that they are appointed by Presidents for life terms.

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What did the Supreme Court Case of Madbury Vs. Madison help with for the Judicial branch?

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The Supreme Court took the role of being the final interpreter of the Law and Constitution. (Judicial Review)

33
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What is Federalism?

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Federalism is the power of separation of State government and National government.

34
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What Amendment backs up Federalism?

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Federalism is backed up by 10th Amendment saying that all powers not given to
the federal government is given to the State.

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What are the types of Federalism?

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Marble cake - where the powers between Federal and State isn’t clear
Layer Cake - where the concurrent powers are few but clear and the other powers don’t
mix.

36
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Is it possible for State and National Government to share powers?

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Yes, it’s possible, those powers are called Concurrent Powers.

37
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What kind of federalism currently exists?

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Fiscal federalism

38
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Explain fiscal federalism

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The government giving the states two kind of grants - block grants and categorical grants.

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What are block and grants and categorical grants?

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Block grants are grants given to the States with few strings attached, this allows the federal government
to decide how the money is spent but the money can be given loosely to communities
Categorical grants are grants given to the

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