A ____________ variable is one that is not controlled by the experimenter; if this variable has a differential impact on the different groups in the study then it is called a ___________ variable

The stay acts passed by various states prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution were seen by some American notables as a(n) ____________

a. threat to private property by radical state legislatures b. assault against the power of the national government c. attempt to establish an aristocracy similar to that in Great Britain d. test of the ability of the states to force citizens to quarter state militia in their homes

The Constitution incorporated the principle of _____ as the solution to the debate over whether the national government or the states should have ultimate sovereignty.

A. popular sovereignty B. rule of law C. limited government D. federalism E. partisanship