ap government study guide

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1、I.ConstitutionalUnderpinningsofU.S.Government……….5-15%TheConstitutionwastheattempttoaddressproblemsofdecentralizationthatwereexperiencedundertheArticlesofConfederation.1.ListthreeproblemsofdecentralizedpowerthatexistedundertheArticlesofConfederation.Foreachproblemyoulist,identifyones

2、olutionthattheConstitutionandprovidedtoaddresstheproblem.2.Somehavearguedthatthetensionsbetweendecentralizedandcentralizedpowercontinuetoexist.Supportthisargumentbyexplaininghowoneofthefollowingillustratesthecontinuingtension.§Environmentalpolicy§Guncontrol§DisabilityaccessItisofgrea

3、timportanceandarepublicnotonlytoguardsocietyagainsttheoppressionofitsrulers,buttoguardonepartofsocietyagainsttheinjusticeoftheotherpart.Differentinterestsnecessarilyexistindifferentclassesofcitizens.Ifamajoritybeunitedbycommoninterests,therightsoftheminoritywillbeinsecure.JamesMadiso

4、n,TheFederalist,Number51UsingthequotationaboutinyourknowledgeofUnitedStatespolitics,performthefollowingtwotasks.1.ExplainthecentralpointthatMadisonismakingaboutpopulargovernmentandpower.2.ExplainedtoConstitutionalprovisionwastheframersdevisedtoguardagainsttheproblemsthatMadisonisaddr

5、essing.TheUnitedStatesConstitutionhasenduredmorethantwocenturiesastheframeworkofgovernment.However,themeaningoftheConstitutionhasbeenchangedbothbyformalandinformalmethods.a.IdentifytwoformalmethodsforaddingamendmentstotheConstitutionb.Describetwoinformalmethodsthathavebeenusedtochang

6、ethemeaningoftheConstitution.Provideonespecificexampleforeachinformalmethodyoudescribed.c.Explainwhyinformalmethodsareusedmoreoftenthantheformalamendmentprocess.InTheFederalistpapernumber10,JamesMadisonexpressedconcernoverthepossibilitythatbothmajorityandminorityfactionswouldhavetoom

7、uchpowerovergovernment,andhepresentedwaysofminimizingthatdanger.TheUnitedStatesConstitutionestablishedademocraticgovernmentbutalsocontainedseveralprovisionsthatlimitedmajorityrule.Throughoutthenexttwocenturies,theroleofmajorityruleintheUnitedStatesgovernmentandpoliticscontinuedtochan

8、ge.(2009)(a)