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Through the grants of power in the U.S. Constitution, the Framers sought to empower government and limit it. This was accomplished through the federalism system of government which distributed authority between the national and individual state governments.
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Which statement best explains why the framers of the Constitution defined the process of amending the document so specifically?
They wanted amendments to be made thoughtfully and with consensus. (APEX)
Progressive sought to create a federal income tax by?
A constitution amendment
What is one reason the Constitution divides powers between the federal government and state governments?
The framers of the Constitution had already fought a war to rid themselves of a tyrannical government and wanted to take precautions to avoid this happening in the new nation. They sought to divide the powers between the states and government to assure neither entity would become too powerful.
Who was the president who endorsed the Lecompton Constitution?
The Lecompton Constitution was one of several state constitutions proposed to the US Congress for approval by the territory of Kansas, as it sought to become a US state. President James Buchanan, although he was not the president at the time, was a supporter of the Lecompton Constitution, which would have preserved slave-owner rights in the new state. Kansas was admitted as a free state in 1861, due to the opposition of abolitionists living their at the time.
What is the term for spilt of authority among the three branches of government?
Balance of powersThe Framers of the Constitution, following John Locke and Edmund Burke, late 17th century political philosophers, sought to curtail governmental tyranny.Montesquieu, a French political philosopher, proffered to split the powers of the government into executive, legislative and judicial. John Madison, among others, was impressed by these thoughts of diffusing the power of government to maximize the liberties of humankind.Thus the Constructional Convention accepted this idea. In addition, to further the diffusion of governmental power, it gave unenumerated powers to the States.
