STAAR Review Constitution

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Which of the following should we place a question mark in this diagram: direct democracy, Great Compromise, e checks and balances, Missouri compromise?

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Great Compromise

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What does the list suggest about the drafters of the Articles of Confederation? They did not want a judicial system based upon data Great Britain, they feared that a strong central government would abuse its power, they were uncertain that democracy would continue to be the best type of government, they did not think that state governments could provide for the general welfare

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they feared that a strong central government would abuse its power

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Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a Bill of Rights be added to the US Constitution?

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to protect individual freedom from the federal government

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Which correctly identifies reasons for and against ratification of the proposed US Constitution? Should the proposed US Constitution be ratified? For- of those document increases the power of the national government Against- their post document lacks at Bill of Rights

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For- of those document increases the power of the national government Against- their post document lacks at Bill of Rights

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What addressed the conflict over land claims west of the Appalachian Mountains after the Revolutionary War among New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia? Options: Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Northwest Ordinance, Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Northwest Ordinance

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The author is expressing her opinion about
recalling members of Congress,
impeaching the president,
disobeying the Supreme Court,
amending the Constitution

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amending the Constitution

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Your document completes as excerpt: Declaration of independence, treaty of Ghent, Northwest Ordinance, Louisiana Purchase

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Northwest Ordinance

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Which action is one part of the official path to the US citizenship through the naturalization process? Options: Attending college in the United States, being employed in the United States, passing the US Civics exam, working for the US government

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passing the US Civics exam

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The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for ordinary expansion of the United States by instituting a

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process through which states could be added to the union

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Which of the following correctly describes a 3/5 compromise?

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A portion of slave population was counted for legislative representation.