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Democracy in its purest form |
rule by the people |
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true or false, a republic is the same as a democracy |
false |
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in a republic there are two models of representation, which one is it |
trustee model of representation |
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the believe that all individuals in society are born with natural rights comes from |
liberalism |
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true or false, the founding fathers of the united states all believed that democracy was the best form of government |
false |
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the articles of confederation |
gave the state governments power |
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at the constitutional convention, which plan said you will have one representaive(unicameral) for each state |
new jersey plan |
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true or false, after the conclusion of the constitutional convention there was a unanimous agreement that the new constitution was to be preferred over the old articles |
false |
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which of the following was significant flaw in the articles of confederation |
9/13 rule requirement that states coin their own money absence of federal income tax SO ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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those who liked the old confederal system of government were know as |
anti federalists |
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the federalist party believed that they had most to fear from |
THE MOB uehuehueheuh |
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the necessity for a new constitution arose because of |
economic crisis civil unrest the failure of the articles of confederation SO ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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the compromise reached at the constitiutional convention of 1787 was intended to appease two sides of the political debate. whic of the features appealed to the anti federalists |
the bill of rights |
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the articles of the US constitution |
expand the scope of federal power expand the scope of state power explain both necessary expansions and important restrictions of federal power SO ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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The bill of rights |
restrict the scope of federal power |
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one of the ways the new constitution restricted the scope of federal power was to break up the government into three co-equal branches with check and balances. one of the powerful checks that the federal executive branch had over the legislative branch was |
the power of veto |
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under the new constitution the power to declare war was given to |
the legislative branch |
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the power given to the legislature to confirm or not confirm an appointment maid by the president was called |
the power of advice and consent |
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the power of judicial review came from |
Marbury v Madison |
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another way the new constitution limited federal power was through the introduction of federalism. what is federalism |
a power sharing arraignment between the federal and state government |
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the amendment of the constitution establishing federalism is the |
10th |
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Horizontal federalism means |
all states are equal all federal laws apply equally to all states the constitution protects all citizens of each state ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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dual federalism means |
that powers given to states and federal government are unique and separate and that both will respect each others sphere of influence |
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cooperative federalism is |
the states forced to cooperate with federal laws set by the necessary and proper clause |
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the supreme court case that established the amount of power that federal government would have under the necessary and proper clause was |
McCulloch v Maryland |
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Article 1 section 9 of the US constitution forbids bill of attainder. a bill of attainder is |
a law that singles out individuals for punishment in a discriminatory fashion |
