As delegates to the Constitutional Convention understood it, "checks and balances" meant:
a. legislative powers would be changed the most, judicial the least
b. a strong chief executive would be balanced by a strong Supreme Court
c. deferred payments would be used to balance the federal budget
d. the executive, legislative, and judicial branches would balance each other
D
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Which American president portrayed himself as representing the common man?
a. Washington b. Jackson c. Jefferson d. Monroe e. All of these
The _____ battle of the Civil War, which occurred shortly after the fall of Fort Sumter, was the Battle of Bull Run.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ludwig van Beethoven’s last piano sonata (op. 111, no. 32) has been nicknamed the “Boogie-Woogie Sonata” to highlight its similarities to __________.
A) jazz B) science C) neoclassicism D) Romanticism
In the 1790s, a Federalist would most likely have supported
a. a national bank b. a limited national government c. an economy based on farming d. the strict interpretation of the Constitution