unit 1 terms

some freedoms sacrificed in exchange for government protection

government power is from the consent of the governed

broad participation in politics/society by people from various statuses

group-based activism by citizens with common interests who seek the same goals

power to the educated/wealthy

created federalism, ended the Revolutionary War, established the Northwest Ordinance

weak central government, could not enforce taxes, no standing military, no national currency, no Supreme Court, no executive branch, needed unanimous vote to amend the Articles (very hard)

by Madison, supported bicameral legislature based on population size (supported by larger states)

unicameral legislature, one vote per state (supported by smaller states)

a bicameral legislature with House of Representatives (population) and Senate (equal representation)

printing money, regulating interstate + international commerce, making treaties/foreign policy, declaring war, making post offices and lower courts, raising/supporting armed forces, “necessary and proper” actions

licenses, regulating interstate commerce, conducting elections, establishing local government, education, providing public health, safety, and welfare programs

taxes, building roads, operating courts, establishing courts, eminent domain

provide money for specific reason/policy objective (may act as bribes to states to adopt a certain policy)

requieres states to pay for programs without providing funds

provides federal money for policy in a way that increases state authority

1) proposed amendment must be approved by 2/3 of both houses and ¾ of state legislatures must ratify it

2) Congress can mandate each state hold a ratifying convention

3) 2/3 of states petition Congress to hold a constitutional convention