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Constitutional Underpinnings

Explore the formulation and adoption of the Constitution, religious freedom, individual liberties, and roots of American federalism from the Declaration of Independence to the Federalist Papers. Learn about the Constitutional Convention, separation of powers, formal and informal methods of change, federalism evolution, and the role of state governments as laboratories of democracy.

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Constitutional Underpinnings

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  1. Constitutional Underpinnings

  2. Formulation and Adoption of the Constitution

  3. Religious Freedom Representative Government Individual Liberties Roots

  4. Declaration of Independence John Locke and Natural Rights The American Revolution

  5. Weaknesses Shays’ Rebellion The Articles of Confederation

  6. The Delegates • Consensus • Conflict and Compromise • Ratification • The Federalist Papers • Bill of Rights The Constitutional Convention

  7. Separation of Powers

  8. Federalist 51 • Read It!

  9. Formal Methods of Change Informal Methods of Change The Living Constitution

  10. Federalism

  11. Dual Civil War Cooperative New Progressive Evolution of Federalism

  12. Unitary Confederation Alternatives

  13. Separation of Powers Unity Without Uniformity State Governments Closer to People Laboratories of Democracy Advantages

  14. National Government Powers • Expressed • Implied • Inherent • State Government Powers • Tenth Amendment • Supremacy Clause • Limits and Obligations • Interstate Relations Constitutional Structure

  15. Federalism Handout Newspaper Articles The Role of the Courts

  16. Centralist v. Decentralist Growth of Big Government Federal Grants New Federalism Devolution Revolution Preemption Progressive Federalism The Politics of Federalism

  17. Types Values Conditions Social Contract Pluralist v. Elitist Confederation, Federal, and Unitary Parliamentary Theories of Democratic Government

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