UNIT I STUDYGUIDE: CONSTITUTIONAL
UNDERPINNINGS
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UNIT I:
Constitutional Underpinnings
Compromise
Linkage Institutions
Presidential system
Parliamentary system
Dictatorship
Direct democracy
Republic
Aristocracy
Federal government
Unitary government
Confederate government
State
Government
Sovereignty
Anarchy
Baron de Montesquieu
Spirit of Laws
John Locke
Two Treatises on
Government
Rousseau
Social Contract
Plato
Republic
Thoreau
Hobbes
Aristotle
Elite Theory
Pluralism
Hyper Pluralism
Madisonian Model
Federalist 51- what were the main points?
Federalist 10- what were the main points?
What were the problems with the Articles of
Confederation?
How was the Constitution organized?
What jobs do each of the Articles outline?
Bill of Rights
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut or Great Compromise
3/5ths Compromise
How is the Constitution formally and informally amended?
What are the three branches of government and what does each branch do?
How does each branch check and balance each other?
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Who wrote the Federalist Papers? Why are they important?
Who were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
What did the Federalists and Anti-Federalists want?
-what are the formal ways of amending the Constitution?
- what are the informal ways of amending the constitution?
How can the Constitution be amended?
What is federalism?
Full Faith and Credit
What are Expressed, Inherent, Implied Powers? What are Reserved powers? Concurrent Powers? Supremecy Clause?
Cooperative Federalism
Dual Federalism
Block Grants
Commerce Clause
Federal Mandate
Unfounded Mandates
Devolution (revolution)
Charles Beard’s Framing the Constitution
Supreme Court Cases to Know:
McCulloch v. Marlyand Barron
v. Baltimore Marbury v. Madison
Gibbons v. Ogden U.S.
v. Lopez
**What is the Preamble? Know it!**
What are the topics of the 7 Articles in the Constitution?