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Which part of the Government was instituted to respond most directly to the will of the people?
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The House of Representatives
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The system of checks and balances is best illustrated by the power of
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The President vetoes a Bill passed By Congress
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One way in which the U.S. Constitution differed from the Articles of Confederation was the Constitution
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Created a national government having three branches
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Delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to create a bicameral legislature as a way to
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Address the issue of population differences among the states
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Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagreed most strongly over the
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Division of powers between the national and state governments
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At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise resolved the issue of
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Representation
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The first amendment of the Constitution deals primarily with
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Rights of self-expression
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To avoid having too much power concentrated in one branch of government, the framers of the Constitution established
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The system of checks and balances
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One way that the authors of the Constitution tried to create “limited government” was by providing for
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A division of power between the national and state governments
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Which document is best described as a statement of democratic principles rather than a framework for government?
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Declaration of Independence
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The main purpose of Lobbying is to
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Influence legislation on the behalf of a special interest group
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In the US Government, members of the cabinet are directly responsible to
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The President
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Two examples of the unwritten Constitution are
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Political Parties and the President's Cabinet
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One major Criticism of the Electoral College is that it
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Allows for a President to be elected without a majority of the popular vote
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The Virginia House of Burgesses, the New York State Assembly, and the U.S. Senate are examples of
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Representative Democracy
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