In the Federalist Papers, James Madison proposed that the states under the new Constitution would retain

a. absolute sovereignty.
b. residual sovereignty.
c. supreme sovereignty.
d. no sovereignty.
e. virtual sovereignty.


Answer: b. residual sovereignty.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Democrat Andrew Jackson won the presidency in 1828 in

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