Week 2 Discussion Questions Charlotte McGuffey HIS/301 July 29‚ 2013 Christina Winn Week 2 Discussion Questions How does the Supreme Court affect U. S. society today? The Supreme Court is supposed to interpret the Constitution as it pertains to each case before the court. These decisions then affect public policy and application of the laws. Sometimes laws can be rendered nullified or unenforceable. In some newer cases that deal with internet or other technologies not present at the time
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The Revolution fundamentally changed American society in many ways. It altered life for the colonists politically through the colonists’ different viewpoints of the war‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ the Constitution‚ and various challenges that arose. It also changed life economically through the Articles‚ and new approaches to the raising and handling of funds. Lastly‚ the Revolution changed life in the colonies socially with women being more involved in society. Along with the Revolutionary
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Analyze the political conflicts between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans in the early republic (1790-1815)‚ paying particular attention to their differences over economic policy and foreign affairs. Which party eventually prevailed‚ and why? The Federalists were a political group who believed in strengthening the federal government versus strengthening individual states. This would make a strong central government and help build the United States. Federalists wished to be able to tax states
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Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had very different political views‚ which is why our first president‚ George Washington‚ had them both in his cabinet. Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury‚ while Jefferson was the first Secretary of State. These differences begin with who they thought should govern and what type of government was the best. Hamilton thought we should have a strong central government in the interests of commerce and industry‚ while having the national government
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The general consensus among historians is that there was a difference of opinions between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on the policies of the interpretation of the Constitution. It is generally believed that Thomas Jefferson felt that there should be strict and inflexible interpretation of the Constitution‚ while James Madison felt that the Constitution was elastic and that many different laws could be derived form a single clause. Their views‚ however‚ seemed to have switched over the period
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Article Analysis Assignment First‚ read a news story from the newspaper or the Internet. Answer the following questions regarding your news story: 1) What is the main issue‚ who are the main actors being discussed; Then‚ choose one of the assigned articles you read for this week. Answer the following questions regarding the assigned article: 1) What are the basics of this article (who‚ what‚ when‚ how‚ why‚ etc.); 2) What is the overall main point the author is trying to convince you of? 3)
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Maggie Denning People who supported the Constitution without change and wanted immediate ratification were known as Federalists like James Madison. Anti-Federalists were against a strong central government. They wanted a system where the states were supreme. Anti-federalists also agreed with the New Jersey plan. Anti-federalists are wrong. They basically believe in a monarchy where citizens have no say in the government. Federalists favored the ratification of the constitution. They also favored
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The thesis of the Federalist papers was that the Article of confederation needed to be replaced with a new constitution which would ultimately save the nation from the problems of the United States government having strong state government and a weak national government. The Federalist papers addressed the weakness of the Article of Confederation. The federalist were all in favor for ratifying a new constitution because it did not serve as a firm constitution. The new constitution that was
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"There is nothing I dread so much as a division of the Republic into two great parties‚ each arranged under its leader and converting measures in opposition to each other. This...is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution."1 This view‚ expressed by John Adams‚ was not shared by all‚ namely Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. As the early American government began to form‚ so did the two major political parties. Alexander Hamilton was the founder of the Federalist
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Writing Prompt 2 A newly developed constitution brought upon adverse opinions as to its “new republic form being as enshrined” as well as it being a “danger”. Both oppositional and approval views were discussed within Madison Federalist No. 10 and Patrick Henry’s Speech against Ratification. Patrick Henry viewed the new constitution with an opposition in which he believed that it gave too much power to the central government at the expense of the state governments. His fear‚ and great anti-federalist
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