Why were the Founders worried about the popular assemblies that had been implemented by the states at the time of the Constitutional Convention?
a. the assemblies lacked real democratic mechanisms
b. the assemblies violated the republican notions of a deliberative legislative body insulated from popular opinion
c. the assemblies were voting to overturn slavery in the southern states
d. the assemblies contradicted the values of a unitary system embedded in the philosophies of the Founders
b
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a. categorical grants. b. earmark grants. c. block grants. d. project grants.
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