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| Father of the constitution, helped write the Federalist. |
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| Anti-Federalist. Believed the price Americans would pay for a constitution with greater power than the Articles of Confederation was too high. |
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| Protects rights not enumerated in the constitution. Rights not given to the federal government are kept by the states. |
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| Chief Justice John Marshall |
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| McCulloch v. Maryland-states can't tax a federal entity, federal government is supreme, "necessary and proper" clause. |
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| Abolished slavery in the Union and Confederacy |
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| required states to grant equal rights and due process to all people regardless of race. |
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| All men have the right to vote regardless of race. |
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| Direct election of senators by the people |
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| Established women's right to vote. |
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| Residents of D.C. can vote |
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| All citizens over the age of 18 can vote. |
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| Repealed the 18th amendment, which prohibited alcohol |
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| "New Freedom." believed that the president should be more powerful, government should be bigger. Federal reserve system. |
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| Under whose leadership was the federal reserve system implemented? |
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| "New Deal," Social Security Act. President during the Great Depression and World War II. Pressured the Supreme Court into passing his progressive reforms. |
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| Who pressured the Justices of the Supreme Court into passing progressive reforms by threatening to add more judges? |
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| President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| Who implemented medicare? |
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| President Lyndon B. Johnson |
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| President during Vietnam war and Civil Rights era. Medicare, Civil Rights Act. |
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| Government grants given to states for a very specific purpose--usually to fund a specific program. |
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| Block grants are federal funding given to states for a purpose, but a widely defined one. Can be used to fund many programs. More liberty of use than categorical grants. |
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| Enumerated powers of the Federal government. "Necessary and Proper clause." |
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| "The supremacy clause." Federal law succeeds state law. |
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| Article 1, Section 8 Clause 3. Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign powers, between states, and with native american peoples. |
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| People under Federal and State government. |
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| Gov controls states through funding |
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