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i need help on my online homework. help not answers: Part 1
Select the answer that best defines the given word. (Each question is worth one point)
1. Confederation: A government in which all power stems from a single central authority A government that secedes from another government
A government in which power is shared between a sovereign central authority and various local governments A loose affiliation of sovereign states that have agreed to cede some power to a central authority

2. Constitution: The political party in power All of the laws of a nation
A country's basic laws and governmental structure An independent people

Part 2
Select the best answer to the question. (Each question is worth one point)
3. Which agreement solved the disagreement over whether slaves should be counted for the purposes of representation? The Great Compromise The Virginia Plan
The Treaty of Paris The Three-Fifths Compromise

4. What year did the Constitution come into effect? 1776 1787
1789 1798

5. Which of the following was NOT an element of the Great Compromise? A weaker national government balanced by stronger State governments Equal representation in the upper house of Congress and proportional representation in the lower house
A single chief executive elected separately from Congress All of these answers were part of the Great Compromise.

6. Which of the following statesmen was the strongest supporter of popular sovereignty as a political value? Alexander Hamilton John Adams
King George III James Madison

7. Which of the following statesmen was the strongest supporter of order as a political value? Alexander Hamilton John Adams
Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson

8. Which of the following was NOT a reason why a stronger central government was needed? To solve the economic problems of the United States To limit individual liberties
To deal with military matters both internal and external To make the States work together as a single unified nation

9. Which of the following statements is true? Although they differed in form, all State constitutions embodied the same basic ideals. Some State constitutions were authoritarian, while others were democratic.
Most of the early State constitutions gave great power to the executive branch. The State constitutions of former charter colonies were very different from their colonial charters.

10. In most States, the right to vote was originally denied to all but which one of the following groups? Women who owned land Wealthy blacks
White men who owned property Children of rich parents

11. Which three prominent statesmen wrote a collection of essays in support of the Constitution? Washington, Adams, and Jefferson Madison, Monroe, Adams
Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin Hamilton, Madison, and Jay

12. Which of the following statements would the Framers of the Constitution have disagreed with? A government with well-constructed institutions is much more likely to live up to its ideals. As long as a government is founded with good ideals, it will always govern its people well.
The English government was admirable but ultimately failed to preserve the rights of its subjects in the colonies. A good government must promote balance between order, democracy, and liberty.

13. Why was the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution? To weaken the Constitution's chances of being approved To decrease the power of excessively powerful State governors
To guarantee that the national government would not violate the rights of the people Because it was the only way to convince Alexander Hamilton to support a powerful federal government

14. What happened at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787? The Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence. Pennsylvania became the thirteenth State to approve the Articles of Confederation.
Fifty-five delegates gathered together for the Constitutional Convention. Delaware became the first State to ratify the United States Constitution.

15. Which of the following statesmen was the strongest supporter of liberty as a political value? Alexander Hamilton John Adams
Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson

Part 3
Select the answer that best completes the sentence. (Each question is worth one point)
16. The former colonies _____ most of their power under the _____. retained, Articles of Confederation lost, Articles of Confederation,
shared, Confederation relinquished, new State constitutions

17. Under the Articles of Confederation, _____. coordination among the States was difficult the national government could not force the States to obey its laws
Congress held both legislative and executive authority All of these answers are correct.