Federalism correct answers Divison of powers btwn state and national govt.
Sovereignty correct answers Power and the legitimate authority to use it.
McCulloch v. MD (1819) correct answers -Bank of US- 1st experiment with privatization.
-States can't tax federal.
-Enforced doctrine of nat...
Federalism correct answers Divison of powers btwn state and national govt.
Sovereignty correct answers Power and the legitimate authority to use it.
McCulloch v. MD (1819) correct answers -Bank of US- 1st experiment with
privatization.
-States can't tax federal.
-Enforced doctrine of national supremacy.
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) correct answers -Steamboat case
-Hudson river
-Only feds can regulate interstate commerce
Marbury v. Madison (1803) correct answers -1st issue of transfer of power. Transition
from one party to the next.
-Disputed election of 1800's (Jeff V. Adams)
-Power of Judicial Review.
Cherokee Nation v. GA/Indian Wars/Forced Removal (1830) correct answers -Doctrine
of "domestic dependent nation"
-Est. tribal sovereignty under national govt.
-Georgia's vigilante-ism
-Andrew Jackson's failure enforce.
-Forced removal policy/ Trail of tears/ Indian Wars.
John Marshall correct answers -Secretary of State then Chief Justice
-influential in the court system(?)
Thomas Jefferson correct answers -American Founding Father who was the principal
author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President
James Madison correct answers -Wrote the separation of powers.
-A writer in the Federalist papers among John Jay and Alexander Hamilton.
-Fourth prez
-He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and
promoting the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Social Contract Theory correct answers -doesn't have to be written down.
-US is the only country founded on an ideology based on individual and private property
rights.
, -Contract btwn the people and govt.
Police powers correct answers -state power
-promotes health, safety and morals
Judicial Review correct answers -Marshall
-Marbury V Madison
- Judicial review is a process under which executive and (in some countries) legislative
actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A court with judicial review power may
invalidate laws and decisions that are incompatible with a higher authority; an executive
decision may be invalidated for being unlawful or a statute may be invalidated for
violating the terms of a written constitution. Judicial review is one of the checks and
balances in the separation of powers
Thomas Hobbes correct answers -Hobbes Natural Law
-Idea that people existed in a war-like state of mind of nature prior to the formation of
govt.
-All individuals were free and equal in the state of nature.
-Order in the form of a single ruler was needed to protect life and liberty.
-Emphasis on order
John Locke correct answers -Lockes popular consent
-people choose govt
-people must give their consent to be governed
-govt must protect "life, liberty and pursuit of property."
-govt must ensure justice
Functions of government correct answers Maintain order (local law enforcement),
Regulate the economy (then to blame prez), build and maintain infrastructure. Provides
benefits and services such as medicare, ss and pensions.
Separation of Powers/1st three Articles of Constitution correct answers -Montesquieu
thought of separation of powers.
-Article 1 (longest): congress
-Article 2: executive branch/ presidency
-Article 3 (short): court system
-judicial, legislative and executive
Bicameralism/House of Representatives/population correct answers -Bicameralism:
The division of a legislature into 2 separate assemblies.
-One being the chambers.
-Second, The U.S congress, composed of house of representatives and the senate, is a
bicameral legislature.
Staggered terms/Senate correct answers -Different elections at different times
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