US Constitution Part I

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Which of the following BEST describes the purpose for amending the Constitution? Options: to revise the original wording of the Constitution, to clarify specific laws passed by Congress, to ensure the Constitution adapts to changing times, to grant additional powers to the President

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to ensure the Constitution adapts to changing times

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Which principle of government gives the American people the right to elect their leadership every four years?

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Popular sovereignty

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Why would slave states be in favor of counting slaves as part of their total population?

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to have more representation in the Legislative Branch

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The Northwest Ordinance was an act that provided rules for governing the Northwest Territory and paved the way for -

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admission of new states to the Union

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The bulleted list above is in response to issues that arose under the -

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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The information contained in the graphic organizer above supports the creation of which constitutional amendment?

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Sixth Amendment

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How did the Articles of Confederation ensure that state governments would have more power over the national government?

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Congress needed the approval of all states to pass amendments.

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Why would an Anti-Federalist have supported the statement: "I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Virginia, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire"?

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Anti-Federalists believed in a strong state government.

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The ideas outlined in the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reflect which principle of government?

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Federalism

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Which idea is BEST demonstrated above? Nothing is more certain than the necessity of government, that whenever and however it is instituted, the people must cede to it some of their natural rights... It is well worthy of consideration therefore, to all general purposes, be one nation, under one federal government... - Federalist No.2

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The United States should have a strong, central government.