Describe Shays's Rebellion and its importance
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1) Note that after that Revolutionary War, a depression left many small farmers unable to pay their debts.
2) Explain that Shays's Rebellion was a series of attacks on courthouses by a small band of farmers led by Daniel Shays to block foreclosure proceedings.
3) Acknowledge that neither Congress nor the state could raise a militia to stop Shays and his followers, so elites assembled a privately paid force to do the job.
4) Explain how these events fueled dissatisfaction with the weakness of the Articles of Confederation system and spurred efforts to improve it.
5) Note that these efforts gave birth to the Constitution.
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Majority __________ means that all persons have an equal say in decisions affecting them
Fill in the blank with the right word.
Capitalist world-system theory differs from dependency theory in that it:
A. considers capitalism part of the problem of underdevelopment. B. seeks to explain the lack of economic development in some countries. C. is not based on a Marxist understanding of the world. D. considers a country's historical experience crucial in understanding its development. E. focuses on class relations as one factor of development.
The executive and legislative branches are responsible for judicial implementation for which of the following reasons?
A. The Supreme Court has a low approval rating from the public. B. The Supreme Court doesn't have enough funding to follow up on rulings. C. The Supreme Court has limited manpower to carry out its decisions. D. The Supreme Court does not have enforcement powers. E. The judiciary is the weakest of all three branches.
How do legislators make law? Explain how they contribute to the lawmaking process at each stage.
What will be an ideal response?