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| What was the goal of the first Continental Congress? |
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| restore harmy between Britain and the colonies |
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| What does the Social Contract theory mean? |
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| The people agree to set up rulers for certain purposes and have the right to remove rulers who act against those purposes. |
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| Who was the Declaration of Independence's primary author? |
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| The declaration of Independence has its major premise that... |
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| ...the people have a right to revolt if the government is denying them legitimate rights. |
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| What are the "unalienable rights" as defined by the Decleration of Indepence? |
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| life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
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| In forging a new government, the biggest concern of the colonial revolutionaries was... |
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| ...limiting its powers. (they were scared of a strong central government) |
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| a loose association of independent states |
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| A government resting on the consent of the governed |
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| What did Shay's Rebellion seem to indicate? |
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| Congress under the Articles of Confederation lacked power to confront significant national emergencies. |
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| Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? |
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| they did not provide an effective means for the national government to raise money, they included no independent leader to direct the government, and they did not give the national government the power to regulate commerce |
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| When was the Constitution written? |
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| The founders that created the Constitution relied on what political principles? |
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| federalism, republicanism, checks and balances, but NOT majoritarianism |
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| In contrast to the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution... |
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| confers substantial powers to the national government |
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| The founders assigned lawmaking, law-enforcing, and law interpreting funtions to independent branches of government following a doctrine called... |
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| What is a enumerated power? |
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| A power specifically assigned to Congress by the Constitution |
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| What did opponents of the Constituition, who demanded the Bill of Rights, fear? |
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| abuse of power by the national government |
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| What was the basic argument aagainst adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution? |
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| the government had only limited powers, so a list of specific freedoms was not necessary |
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| What is the process required to amend the Constitution? |
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| a 2/3 vote in favor of the proposed amendment in both houses of Congress, followed by ratification by 3/4 state legistlatures |
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| What is the supremacy clause? |
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| It resolved the situation when state laws conflict with national laws. |
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| What is the basic premise of federalism? |
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| two or more governments may share power and authority over the same land and people |
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| Which metaphor best descrives dual federalism? |
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| Which metaphor best decribes cooperative federalism? |
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| the practice of allowing the states and the federal government to excercise power seperately in areas of legitimate concern to them |
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| What is the constitutional provision that made cooperative federalism possible? |
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| The shift from dual federalism to cooperative federalism was caused by.. |
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| What did Printz v. US do? |
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| Supreme Court concluded that Congress could not require local officials to implement regulations imposed by the national government, which reinforced the operation of DUAL FEDERALISM |
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| What was the major principle in McCulloch v. Maryland? |
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| In South Dakota v. Dole, the Supreme Court declared that |
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| the national government could use grants to encourage states to do things it did not have the authority to command them to do |
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| The general term for money paid by one level of government to another is... |
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| What kind of grant-in-aid allows the recipient the least flexibility in determining how to spend the money? |
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| money awarded for broad, general purposes |
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| What is the theory of nullification? |
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| a state could declare a particular action of the federal governemnt null and void |
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| the power of Congress to enact laws that give the national government responsibility for functionas that were previously state of local responsibilities |
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| What are unfunded mandates? |
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| requirements that the national governemnt places on states without granting the states the funds to carry out the requirement, force the states to pay for policies they may not have want/chosen, are strongly criticized by the state and local officials |
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| Studies have shown that grants are distributed disproportionately to where? |
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