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Creating a New Government

The Senate voting on a new bill is an activity related to which branch of government: legislative. Which of the following best completes the diagram: It was unable to pay for expenses.. In the United States, a citizen has the right to speak out against the government. The citizen can write letters to the editor of a newspaper. He or she can demonstrate and carry signs. The citizen can even call the White House and leave a message that he or she is not happy with something the government is doing. The First Amendment protects this right.This right is called: freedom of speech.. Which of the following best explains the significance of the phrase "We the People" at the beginning of the U.S. Constitution: The powers of the government listed in the Constitution come from the people.. How did Shays' Rebellion lead to the Constitutional Convention of 1787: People realized the Articles of Confederation were too weak.. Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced by the U.S. Constitution? : The government was too weak to rule effectively.. The House of Representatives can vote to impeach a president. This is a power that the legislative branch can use to limit the power of which branch of government: executive. Even though the Articles of Confederation were written in 1777, they did not go into effect until 1781. What was the reason that it took several years for the Articles to go into effect?A: They did not go into effect until they had been approved by all of the states. An important part of the separation of powers is the power to tax. Which branch has the power to collect taxes: legislative. Which of the following best describes the people who took part in Shays' Rebellion of 1786–1787: farmers who were angry about taxes. • served as the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War• owned a plantation in Virginia called Mount Vernon• was chosen to lead the Constitutional ConventionWhich delegate to the Constitutional Convention is described in the box: George Washington. Which of the following belongs in the box with the question mark: Powerful president in charge of the executive branch. Why did the representatives at the Constitutional Convention divide the powers of the national government among three different branches: They did not want any one branch of government to become too powerful.. What was one way that the Constitution addressed the issue of how slaves would be counted in a state's population: Every five slaves would be counted as three people.. Which of the following statements is true of the Articles of Confederation: It formed the first central government in the United States.

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