The movement to amend and to replace the Articles of Confederation in 1786 was led by ______.
a. only New Yorkers
b. the vast majority of Americans
c. a small subset of elites
d. slaves and white merchants
c. a small subset of elites
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In a strong party parliamentary system, once a party wins office
A. it can implement its platform line by line. B. it can only implement its platform if a majority of the other parties agree. C. it must get approval of its platform from another branch of government. D. it cannot undo previous parties' laws. E. None of these are correct.
The basic structure of Congress is established in which portion of the Constitution?
A) Article I B) Article II C) Article III D) Article IV E) The Ninth Amendment
What was abolished in 1986 by the Thatcher government, and then re-instituted by the Blair administration in 2000?
a. the death penalty b. the peerage system used by the House of Lords c. the European Parliament d. the city of London's government
Which of the following is a right specified in the original drafted Constitution?
a. trial by jury in the national courts b. freedom of speech c. right to bear arms d. freedom of assembly