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Before it could take effect, the Constitution had to be ratified by the following number of states
9
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson's statement that "all men are created equal" is similar to which theorist's belief that government is based on the "consent of the governed
John Locke
The Constitution is written in language that is
deliberately vague as a result of compromise that allows for flexibility
A constitutional clause that allows for a broad interpretation of implied powers is known as a(n) ____ clause
elastic
When Congress first approved of a requisition for the establishment of a national army
every state except Virginia rejected the request for money
The struggle to devise a new constitution at the Constitutional Convention represented an attempt to find an appropriate balance between
freedom and order
The ____ amendment guarantees citizens' right to vote cannot be denied "on account of sex
nineteenth
After the Constitution was amended to permit the federal government to levy a progressive income tax, government could more effectively further the goal of
social equality
The Articles jealously guarded
state sovereignty
In keeping with the supremacy clause, Article VI requires that all national and state officials, elected or appointed
take an oath to support the Constitution
Which of the following statements concerning the Constitutional Convention is incorrect
Thirteen states selected delegates
The following constitutional amendment, which prevents members of Congress from voting themselves immediate pay increases, was submitted to the states in 1789, but was not ratified until 1992
the Twenty Seventh Amendment
The assignment in the Constitution of lawmaking, law-enforcing, and law-interpreting functions to the legislative, executive, and judicial branches respectively is known as
a separation of powers
Opponents of the Constitution demanded inclusion of the Bill of Rights because they feared abuse of power by
the national government
Antifederalists attacked the proposed Constitution on the grounds that
the national government it created was too strong
The Great Compromise provided for
a two-chamber legislature with equal representation for all states in one chamber and population-based representation in the other
The primary goal of Federalist 10 was to demonstrate that the new government
would not fall under the dominance of any one faction
About how many constitutional amendments have been introduced in Congress since 1787
10,000
The Bill of Rights consists of the first ____ amendments to the Constitution
10
The Articles of Confederation failed because
All of these
The Constitutional article that enabled Alaska and Hawaii to become states is
Article IV
What constitutional crisis emerged from Shays's Rebellion
Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, lacked the power to confront significant national emergencies
The Great Compromise resolved what issue
The power of large versus small states
The Articles of Confederation took effect on March 1, 1781 following
approval by all thirteen states
The main argument against the need for a bill of rights was that
the Constitution established a government of limited powers; because the government was not given the power to regulate individual liberties, no bill of rights was necessary