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Federalist (No.) 10

-Argued that the establishment of a representative democracy is effective against partisanship and factionalism -Shows why founding fathers rejected direct democracy and factionalism (party politics)

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Brutus (No.) 1

-Argued that a free republic cannot govern over a country as large as the United States -States that the government officers would control the people and abuse their power

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(The) Declaration of Independence

-States the principles on which the American government is based -Gave reasoning behind a separation from Britain -Establishes that all people are created equal

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(The) Articles of Confederation

-First written Constitution of the US -Faults included:

  1. Could not collect taxes

  2. Could not regulate trade

  3. Could not enforce laws

  4. Needed approval from 9-13 states in order to pass laws

  5. Amending the document had to have unanimous approval

  6. No executive branch

  7. No national court system

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(The) Constitution

-Supreme law of the US -Contains seven articles & twenty-seven amendments -Creates the framework of the US government

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Bill of Rights

-Series of amendments to the Constitution that guarantees individual freedoms and due process

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Federalist (No.) 51

-Addresses means by which appropriate checks and balances can be created in government -Advocates a separation of powers within the national government

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Letter from a Birmingham Jail (Martin Luther King Jr.)

-Defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -States that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws -Message: take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts

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Federalist (No.) 70

-Argues the purpose of having a single executive (president) in government -States that an executive brings the government both the energy of one person & the safety of an accountability to the people

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Federalist (No.) 78

-Discusses the power of judicial review -Argues that the federal courts have the duty to determine whether acts of Congress are constitutional -Justifies the structure/function of the Judicial Branch

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