The stay acts passed by various states prior to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution were seen by some American notables as ____________.
A. a threat to private property by radical state legislatures
B. an assault against the power of the national government
C. an attempt to establish an aristocracy similar to that in Great Britain
D. a test of the ability of the states to force citizens to quarter state militia in their homes
Answer: A
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Civic nationalism is closely associated with ______.
A. electoral democracy B. social democracy C. participatory democracy D. liberal democracy
The necessary and proper clause
A. is located in the Constitution in the text of the Tenth Amendment. B. has served to limit the expansion of national authority. C. was in the original Constitution but was eliminated as a consequence of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment. D. has expanded the role of the national government relative to the states. E. has increased the powers of the state governments at the expense of Congress’s powers.
A form of government in which power is centralized under a single person or small group is known as _________________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What is carrying capacity? What is one way that humans strain the earth’s carrying capacity?
What will be an ideal response?