Although there was some dissent, the majority at the Philadelphia Convention agreed that
A) the central government was too strong.
B) the central government needed to be strengthened.
C) slavery should be slowly phased out of the United States.
D) state governments were too strong.
E) both C and D
B
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Which best describes the decision in Printz v. United States?
a. State governments cannot require federal officials to perform state functions. b. State officials are prohibited from performing federal functions. c. The Supreme Court would no longer automatically endorse assertions of federal power at the expense of state authority. d. The government of one state cannot regulate the conduct of citizens from another state.
What is a republic, and what, according to Madison, is its benefit over a “pure democracy,” where all citizens have direct power to control government?
What will be an ideal response?