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| The Articles of Confederation operated in a manner that | prevented Congress from having the power to demand revenue from the states or the ability to enforce its decisions throughout the land. |
| Congress chose to use state conventions instead of state legislatures as the method of ratification of the amendment | Repealing Prohibition |
| According to the Constitution, a national constitutional convention can be called by | two-thirds of the states |
| Eighteen year olds received the right to vote in national elections in the U.S. with the passage of the | 26th Amendment |
| The colonists at Jamestown instituted a ____, or a legislature composed of individuals who represented their population. | representative assembly |
| The ____ identified the reasons the colonists saw for independence from Britain | declaration of independence |
| An argument against the electoral college is that | in certain cases it allows a candidate who wins the most votes to lose the election |
| The Federalist Papers were written by | Madison, Hamilton, Jay |
| The Framers established that the Constitution would be ratified if approved by | nine of thirteen ratifying conventions to be held in the states |
| Constitutional amendments can be ratified by | three-fourths of state legislatures |
| The Great Compromise resolved the impasse between the | large and small states regarding representation |
| The electoral college | was seen by some delegates as an alternative to allowing Congress to choose the president |
| The modern process for nominating candidates for office | is the creation of the two major political parties and not the Constitution |
| Common Sense, written by ____, argued in favor of declaring independence from Great Britain and establishing a new government for the citizens of a new country. | Thomas Paine |
| This idea is NOT included as a "Truth" in The Declaration of Independence | taxation without representation is unjust |
| We know much about the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention because ____ kept a daily, detailed personal journal. | James Madison |
| The Second Continental Congress that met in 1775 | established an army and named George Washington as commander in chief |
| The power of the Supreme Court to declare actions of the other branches of government to be unconstitutional was | claimed by the Court in the case of Marbury v. Madison. |
| At the Constitutional Convention, the South insisted that | export taxes not be imposed |
| A ____ is a voluntary association of independent states, in which the member states agree to only limited restraints on their freedom of action | Confederation |
