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Which principle split the power of the government into three branches?
Separation of powers. The idea was that government cannot be completely trusted, so each branch of the government was given the authority and the responsibility to act as a check against the other two.
The fact that the federal government was able to get the states to adopt a uniform drinking age is an example of the?
This is an example of the ability of the national government to use its funding authority to achieve indirectly what it cannot achieve directly.
Explain how the bill of rights guarantees that the government cannot suddenly arrest a person and put him or her in prison without a reason?
The Bill of Rights limits the actions that the government can pass and enforce. It guarantees that there are certain rights that the government can not take away.
Why were the states afraid of centralized authority and a strong national government?
In the Revolutionary Period in America's history, the various colonies and colonists were afraid of centralized authority and a strong national government for several related reasons. First, the British government exhibited such powers. Second, and still more importantly, such powers are easily abused and cannot easily be reformed once abuses (or other injustices in the government) take root.
Who said these words in a speech in1858 A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free?
Abraham Lincoln
