POLS 110 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I. Capitalism, Equality, Consent of the governmentII. Creation of the ConstitutionIII. Crafting the Constitution: Compromise, Ratification, and Quick AmendmentOutline of Current Lecture I. The underlying divisionsII.The Structure of the GovernmentIII. RepresentationIV. The Relationship Between the National and State GovernmentsV. The ConstitutionVI. The Bill of Rights (1791)Current LectureI. The underlying divisionsA. There were 2 main divisions dealing with how much power state and nationalgovernment should havea. Federalists: favored stronger national government compared to the Articles of Confederation; decreased state power (supporters: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay)b. Antifederalists: favored only SLIGHTLY increasing national power, emphasis on state power, (supporters: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry)B. In many cases some delegates went both ways depending on what issue.C. It was 50/50 split, so a compromise was necessaryII.The Structure of the GovernmentA.Separation of Powers: each branch responsible for different aspects of governmentB.Checks and Balances: each branch able to thwart the other branchesa.Both are important to creating a system of limitations on the behavior of government; creates a network of branches that interact and impede each other; no ONE branch can act without the approval of othersIII. RepresentationA. Big State/Small State Conflict: are we a nation of states, or a nation of citizens? 3-4 states had majority if representation would be based only on These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.populationB. The Connecticut Compromisea. No one is happy, that means it is a good compromise; each state was given equal representation (Senate) and each state was given proportional representation (House)C. 3/5th Compromisea. Southern states wanted their slaves to count so they could have a larger population, thus more representationb. Northerners compromised by counting slaves as 3/5ths of a personc. Also added in was that the federal government could not interfere with the slave trade for 20 yearsIV. The Relationship Between the National and State GovernmentsA. Federalism: compromise that was came up with regarding separation of power; state v. nationala. Enumerated power: power for national governmentb. Reserved power: power for statesB. Supremacy Clause: If state and national power come into conflict, national law overrides itV. The ConstitutionA. The Federalist – Antifederalist Debate: Became almost like a campaigna. The Federalist Papers: Editorial columns in support of a strong national governmentb. The Antifederalist Response: In opposition to a strong national government, pointed out that nothing protects citizens in the proposed Constitution; they were winning the debateVI. The Bill of Rights (1791)A. Proposed by Federalists: when Constitution gets approved they said they would add 12 amendments (10 got
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