According to James Madison, which of the following best controls the effects of faction?
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A large republic
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What was not a concern about the Articles of Confederation that led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Dissatisfaction over safeguards of individual rights and liberties.
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Brutus was an example of an Anti-Federalist because he...
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Believed a centralized government posed a major threat to individual rights.
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Concurrent powers have what effect on the United States political system?
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They make it possible for the states and the national government to simultaneous exercise influence on the same areas of public policy.
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Enumerated powers of the federal government include the power to...
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Regulate intrastate commerce
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In Federalist 10, James Madison argued that the new constitution would help control faction by...
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Creating a large republic. The new constitution made it less likely that a faction could gain enough power to completely dominate..
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In a federal system of government, political power is primarily...
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Divided between the central and regional governments
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In the Constitution as originally ratified in 1788, the provision regarding what most closely approximate popular, majoritarian democracy?
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Election of members to the House of Representatives
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The most significant difference between the Constitution of 1787 and the Articles of Confederation was that the Constitution...
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Provided for a strong national government with many powers, while the articles created a weak central government with few independent powers
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Supremacy Clause
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The clause in the United States Constitution that states that federal law will prevail in the event of a conflict between federal and state law
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The Great Compromise drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 is significant because...
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It proposed a Senate with equal representation for each state and a House of Representatives with membership established according to the population of each state
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The debates between Federalists and Anti-Federalists were primarily about...
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The scope of power of the central government
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The framers of the Constitution all believed that one of primary functions of the government is...
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Protecting individual property rights
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The framers of the Constitution intended to establish...
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A representative republic
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The importance of Shays' Rebellion to the development of the United States Constitution was that it...
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Indicated that a strong, constitutionally designed national government was needed to protect property and maintain order.
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The reserved powers of the state governments can best be described as those powers ...
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Not specifically granted to the national government or denied the states.
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Bicameralism
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The establishment of two legislative chambers that have different structures and rules.
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True or False: Boyd Rutherford is the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan is the Governor of Maryland, and Ben Cardin is a Senator for Maryland
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TRUE STOOPID
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In Federalist 10, James Madison argued that factions in a republic are...
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Natural but controllable by institutions
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What power is exercised exclusively by the national government, thus limiting the role of state governments?
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Entering into treaties with foreign nations.
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Until the Constitution was ratified, the document that established and defined the government of the United States was the...
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Articles of Confederation
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