The three-fifths compromise dealt with the issue of ____. - ️️how to count slaves for
the purpose of representation in the House of Representatives.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) are examples of ______, because though they ...
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The three-fifths compromise dealt with the issue of ____. - ✔️✔️how to count slaves for
the purpose of representation in the House of Representatives.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) are examples of ______, because though they resemble cabinet
departments, they are not, in part because they have a narrow mission -
✔️✔️independent executive agencies
James Madison thought that the problem of faction, when a group of self-interested
people tries to get what it wants by trampling the rights of others iin the process, is most
often caused by _____. - ✔️✔️the unequal distribution of property.
The suppression of the rights of the people by those in power is called _____. -
✔️✔️Tyranny
The Federalist Papers were written to defend that a large republic would not become
too powerful. - ✔️✔️True
A series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay... why
a large republic would not grow too powerful and trample on the rights... citizens was
called ____. - ✔️✔️the Federalist Papers
The Federalists argued against the ratification of the Constitution because it did not
include the bill of rights. - ✔️✔️False
The framers allowed for changes to the Constitution to be made through the process
known as ____. - ✔️✔️Amendement
The idea that states recognize contracts and legal proceedings from other states under
the ____. - ✔️✔️the full faith and credit clause
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention decided the Constitution was the law of
the land if ____. - ✔️✔️nine of thirteen states ratified it
Ratification of theConstitution became a matter of public debate through _____. -
✔️✔️the publication of pamphlets and newspapers.
Some delegates to the Constitutional Convention wanted to preserve their "peculiar
institution," otherwise known as ____. - ✔️✔️Slavery
, Delegates to the Second Continental Congress had to deal with two issues involving
mistrust. What were they? - ✔️✔️The colonists from different states didn't trust each
other's governments, and they didn't trust any government that would rule them from far
away.
One critique of the founders of the American republic is that they were motivated by self
interest and guided by their privilege in order to ______. - ✔️✔️protect private property.
The Constitution was designed to prevent large and fast changes in public. - ✔️✔️
The Antifederalists favored ____. - ✔️✔️powerful state governments
Amending the Constitution is a two-stage process. An amendment has to be ___. -
✔️✔️proposed and ratified
Supporters of the Constitution in the ratification debates were called ___. -
✔️✔️federalists
One of the issue that divided the Federalists from the Antirealists was _____. -
✔️✔️the lack of a bill of rights in the Constitution
The doctrine of separation of powers was designed to make sure ____. - ✔️✔️no
branch of government would become powerful.
State, war, treasury, and justice were the first ______. - ✔️✔️cabinet departments
The bureaucracy's role of putting into action the laws of the nation is called ______. -
✔️✔️implementation
The Federal Communications Commission regulates radio, television, satellite, and
cable broadcasts as well as telephone and telegraph services. - ✔️✔️True
Amtrak, the passenger rail service, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
which insures deposits in the nation's banks, are examples of ______. -
✔️✔️government corporations
The U.S. military relies on private contractors to outsource tasks the military itself does
not wish, for whatever reason, to carry out itself. - ✔️✔️True
The merit system produced the ______, as the permanent professional government
employees concerned with administrative functions. - ✔️✔️federal civil service
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