US Government Study Guide - Test 1
Fall 2014
Note: The vast majority of these items can be found in your Cornell notes.
Federalism
Theories on the Origins of State
Government
Purpose of Government according to Declaration of Independence
Characteristics of a state
Forms of government. Including forms of dictatorship and democracy
Articles of Confederation
Preamble of the Constitution
Delegated Powers/Expressed Powers
Reserved Powers
Concurrent Powers
Methods of formal amendment to the Constitution
Article numbers and content of the Constitution
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Basic Concepts of the Constitution (6)
Supremacy Clause
Shay’s Rebellion
Connecticut Plan
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
3/5 Compromise
Framers
James Madison
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Ways to classify a government
Five grievances the colonists had against Great Britain
The Constitution as a framework
Republic vs. Democracy