How did the Framers address the question of government administration at the Constitutional Convention?

a. not very clearly although they gave the President appointment power but left it to Congress to establish executive departments and determine how they would be staffed
b. ignored the issue entirely since they believed that the federal government would carry out a few, well-defined tasks relating to diplomacy and national security
c. in tremendous detail as they specified the creation of specific agencies and defined the powers of those agencies in Article VIII
d. not very clearly, but they did believe that the President should have absolute control over officials serving in the executive branch


a. not very clearly although they gave the President appointment power but left it to Congress to establish executive departments and determine how they would be staffed

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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a. a random sample. b. a totally random sample. c. sampling bias. d. margins of error. e. independent voters.

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a. judicial power to hear cases b. president’s power to veto laws passed by Congress c. president’s power to appoint federal judges d. Congress’s power to declare war e. Congress’s power to levy taxes

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A(n) ___________ coefficient predicts the change in a dependent variable given a one unit change in the independent variable

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