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?