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Was the US Constitution approved by ALL state legislatures?
not at first
Why were special conventions and not state legislatures called upon to ratify the Constitution?
Because the Framers of the Constitution feared the legislatures would never approve a document that reduced their powers.
What is a democratic rule that allowed voters to petition state legislatures to consider bills?
With the initiative, voters could petition state legislatures to consider a bill.
Instead of proposing ratification by the state legislatures the federalists proposal called for ratification of the constitution by what?
The Federalists suggested that popularly elected conventions ratify the Constitution rather than having it done by state legislatures. The U.S. Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788.
State legislatures originally elected what members of Congress?
Under the Constitution, state legislatures chose the US Senators for their state. Until the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913, state legislatures were the bodies who determined how senators were chosen. Some states and territories had already enacted popular election prior to the amendment's passage.
Why was the state legislature’s action allowed by the U.S constitution?
because the constitution does not address how state and local governments share power
How US Constitution was approved?
It was ratified by state legislatures.
Was the US Constitution approved by ALL state legislatures?
not at first
How were US senators chosen before the general population was able to vote for them?
The Constitution allowed the state legislatures to determine how their states' Senators would be chosen. In the early days after the Constitution was ratified, legislatures often chose the Senators themselves. However, as people began to demand it, many legislatures gave the voters the right to choose their Senators even before the federal Constitution required them to do so.
What did the Federalists propose that the Constitution should be ratified by rather than by the state legislatures?
Conventions, Not State LegislaturesThe Federalists proposed that the Constitution should be ratified by popularly elected conventions rather than by the state legislatures.
Why were special conventions and not state legislatures called upon to ratify the Constitution?
Because the Framers of the Constitution feared the legislatures would never approve a document that reduced their powers.
Why were special conventions and state legislatures called upon to ratify the constitution?
Because the Framers of the Constitution feared the legislatures would never approve a document that reduced their powers.
Why were special conventions and not state legislatures called upon the ratify the constitution?
Because the Framers of the Constitution feared the legislatures would never approve a document that reduced their powers.
What is a democratic rule that allowed voters to petition state legislatures to consider bills?
With the initiative, voters could petition state legislatures to consider a bill.
What is a Democratic rule that allowed voters to petition state legislatures to consider a bill.?
With the initiative, voters could petition state legislatures to consider a bill.
Instead of proposing ratification by the state legislatures the federalists proposal called for ratification of the constitution by what?
The Federalists suggested that popularly elected conventions ratify the Constitution rather than having it done by state legislatures. The U.S. Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788.
Amending the constitution requires?
Passage of the proposed amendment by 3/5 of the state's legislatures.
