WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST AND 1000 POINTs
(1.4) Which best explains the structure of government under the Articles of Confederation?

The national government included no President or executive branch


The Articles of Confederation failed to address the powers of state governments.


The Articles of Confederation gave more power to bigger states than to smaller states.


The national government had the power to impose its will on the states.


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Question 122 pts

(1.4) One reason why the Constitution was adopted over the Articles of Confederation was

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Shay’s Rebellion revealed the weaknesses of the Articles.


the Articles gave too much power to the national government


the states were not free to trade among themselves under the Articles


small states were underrepresented under the Articles


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Question 132 pts

(1.4) Although the Three-Fifths Compromise helped Northern and Southern states reach an agreement that allowed for ratification of the Constitution, in the long run it had a negative effect on the nation because

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it was only a temporary solution to the argument between “free” and “slave” states


it gave too much power to state governments and not enough to the federal government


it forced the Founding Fathers to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution


it gave too much power to the executive branch of government


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Question 142 pts

The Second Bank of the United States expires

· Expansion of Suffrage

· Manifest Destiny

· Spoils System

(2.1) All of the above are MOST associated with which era of US History?


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Jacksonian Democracy


Jeffersonian Democracy


The Era of Good Feelings


The Reconstruction Period


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Question 152 pts

(1.4) One way in which the United States Constitution differed from the Articles of Confederation was that the Constitution

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created a national government having 3 branches


made the amendment process more difficult


gave more power to the states


provided for the direct election of the president by the voters


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Question 162 pts

(1.5) The ideas of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1786, were most clearly shown in which of the following?

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Bill of Rights


Alien and Sedition Acts


Mayflower Compact


Northwest Ordinance


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Question 172 pts

(1.5) The system of checks and balances is best illustrated by the power of

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the President to veto a bill passed by Congress


Congress to censure one of its members


a governor to send the National Guard to stop a riot


state and Federal governments to levy and collect taxes


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Question 182 pts

(1.5) A government principle by which the legislative, judicial, and executive powers are essentially held by different groups and people is called

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separation of powers


checks and balances


expressed powers


reserved powers


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Question 192 pts

(1.5) The major reason the Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution was to

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protect individual liberties against abuse by the Federal Government


limit the power of state governments


provide for equal treatment of all people


separate powers between the three branches of government