AP Gov Foundational Documents Flashcards

12427505668	Federalist No. 10 (James Madison)	Political factions are undesirable but inevitable; factions need to be controlled and that would happens better in a large republic	0
12427505669	Federalist No. 51 (James Madison)	People in power will always try to become more powerful; separation of powers with checks and balances will preserve a limited government; "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition"	1
12427505670	Brutus No. 1	Antifederalist paper; the Constitution would create a federal government that would "possess absolute and uncontrollable power..." because of the Necessary and Proper Clause and the Supremacy Clause	2
12427505671	Federalist No. 70	Hamilton argued for a unitary executive (one person-not a counsel) to lead the executive branch for both "energy and safety" [good government, efficiency, and national security]	3
12427505672	Federalist No. 78	discusses the merits of life tenure and the power of judicial review; argues that the federal courts have the duty to determine whether acts of Congress are unconstitutional	4
12427505673	Letter from a Birmingham Jail	Open letter from Martin Luther King Jr. that defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism	5