People
What federalists really should have been called
What are nationalists?
The term "state" at the time of America's founding meant this
What is nation?
U.S. representatives serve ___-year terms.
What is two?
Nationalist (on the ten-dollar bill) who famously said there was no need for a Bill of Rights
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Article I deals with this branch of the U.S. government
What is Congress (the legislative)?
CATEGORY:
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
This is one reason why modern big-government supporters criticize the Articles of Confederation
The principal author of the U.S. Constituion
Who is James Madison?
This U.S. Constitution clause often gets wrongly "interpreted" too specifically
What is the "general welfare" clause?
Delegates were sent to the Constitutional Convention to ___ the Articles of Confederation.
What is "revise"?
Originally, the states had one representative for each group of this many residents
What is 30,000?
Nationalists proposed during the Constitution's writing that the U.S. government appoint these state government officials
What are governors?
Thomas Jefferson wrote a statute for religious freedom for this state
What is Virginia?
It means "rule by elected or appointed representatives"
What is republic?
The only branch of the U.S. government allowed to declare war is ___.
What is "Congress"?
Many American founders saw this type of government as violent and unstable
What is democracy?
Big-government fans often claim that the "___" clause (sometimes called the "elastic clause") allows the U.S. government to do whatever it wants
What is the "necessary and proper" clause?
U.S. Senators serve terms of this length
What is six years?
This "R" word means "to formally approve or vote in favor of a law or document"
What is ratify?
Many big-government supporters claim that the "___ clause" allows the U.S. government to direct all economic activities
What is the "commerce clause"?
Article III deals with this branch of the U.S. government
This is why it's strange that the U.S. Constitution has a list of powers prohibited to Congress
What is "There's no need for it, if there's already a list of the only powers granted to Congress."
U.S. federal judges serve terms of this length
What is for life?
A belief that state and national government powers should be strictly defined and enforced
What is federalism?
A U.S. President must be a "___-___" citizen.
What is "natural-born"?
Each U.S. representative currently represents roughly this many individuals in his state
What is 750,000?
The number of representatives a state with 120,000 free residents (and no slaves) would have had originally
What is four?