Why did the founders invest Congress with the majority of the government’s lawmaking power?

What will be an ideal response?


While the founders were concerned with the possible abuse of power by all branches of governments, they especially feared executive tyranny, and so placed the bulk of lawmaking power in the Congress.

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What is a republic, and what, according to Madison, is its benefit over a “pure democracy,” where all citizens have direct power to control government?

What will be an ideal response?

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State-run grants offered for developing health-care services for citizens are examples of ______.

A. investment B. innovation C. public goods D. creative destruction

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Which of the following are examples of news aggregators?

A.) New York Times B.) MSNBC C.) CNN D.) Huffington Post E.) Google News F.) Drudge Report G.) New York Post

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A powerful, quick-growing NGO network that influences presidential elections, transnational policy issues, and foreign aid issues in the past decade contains which of the following groups?

a. Jewish Americans (AIPAC) b. Multinational corporations (MNCs) c. Cuban Americans d. Christian evangelicals

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