Assume the role of a state legislator in 1798-1799. What argument would you use to encourage your state to endorse the action of the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures in adopting their Resolutions?
What will be an ideal response?
States need a way to defend themselves against the power of the national government; the national government cannot be relied upon to check its own power; the Constitution does not prohibit states from determining the constitutionality of federal laws or declare them null and void within the state; states are essentially sovereign and did not surrender that sovereignty when they made a compact to join the Union.
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Lech was notable for
a. coauthoring Charter 77 with Václav Havel. b. organizing strikes in the shipyards. c. being a Soviet dissident who was under house arrest until 1989. d. being murdered by the Cheka for political activities. e. initiating a program known as glasnost.
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a) he represented the aristocratic ideal they wished to attain b) he had once been poor and was distrustful of elite politicians c) people wanted a President who was neither Democratic nor Republican d) industrialists believed his economic plan would boost American business
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a. Panama. b. Jamaica. c. Quito. d. Cartagena.