Assignment 2.08- The Constitution Question: Free-Response Question: The Constitution was an attempt to address problems of decentralization that were experienced under the Articles of Confederation. a. Discuss three problems of decentralization that occurred under the Articles of Confederation. For each problem you list‚ identify one solution that the Constitution provides to address the problem. b. Some have argued the tension between decentralized power and centralized power continues
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ratification that went on until 1790. Members of Congress believed that the Articles of Confederation‚ the first government of the United States‚ needed to be altered while others did not want change. After the Revolutionary War‚ there was a need for strong state centered governments‚ rather than a strong central government based on their experience as a colony. However‚ an investigation of the historical record reveals that the Articles of Confederation were not meeting the needs of Americans‚ and the need
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AP Government September 7‚ 2012 Chapter 2 Summary Within the first pages of this chapter‚ we are introduced with the topic of the constitution and actions of Gregory Lee Johnson. The case of Gregory Lee Johnson is about that of him burning an American flag and protesting that when the government became involved‚ it was against his freedom of speech. This is where the constitution of the United States comes into play and supersedes the ordinary law. The question though‚ what exactly is a constitution
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straightforward idea‚ the constitution is a complex set of guidelines for the government to model after. The worry of the authors of the Declaration was that the people’s individual rights were being victimized by the Bill of Rights. For example Article IX: “the enumeration of the Constitution‚ of certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." As they are both revered documents‚ The Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution differ in the purpose
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The United States of America Should Be Against Federalism Ratification of the Constitution is bad for America. The third principle of the Declaration of Independence is‚ “Governments are created in order to protect the rights of the people they govern.” Federalists ideas do not protect people. By supporting the federalism ideas the people of America will be governed by an overly powerful government that will not protect the rights of the average citizen. One example of this is the new Constitution
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the rich‚ and that the Constitution would make the rich‚ richer and the poor‚ poorer. To start off‚ one point he argued was that the Founding Fathers were supposed to meet in Philadelphia to revise and improve the Articles of Confederation. Instead‚ they decided to get rid of the Articles of Confederation and start from scratch without the approval from anybody or anybody knowing what they were doing. Secondly‚ when people first heard about the new government‚ “the wealthy looked to the national government
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determining the effectiveness of training programs in organisations. Bregman and Jacobson’s article though introduces and attempts to determine whether organizations can successfully measure the business results of training through customer satisfaction levels. Whether or not a relationship does exist between training success and customer satisfaction is arguable. The underlying assumption the article attempts to express to readers is that when it comes to measuring the worthiness of training
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When the U.S. constitution was made it there was a long debate over the ratification of the constitution. There were two sides in the debate‚ the Federalists‚ who were supporter of the new constitution‚ and were better‚ organized than their opponents‚ and the Federalists had the support of the most respected men in America‚ George Washington‚ and Benjamin Franklin. The other side of the debate was the Antifederalists‚ who opposed ratification; although they weren’t as organized as the Federalists
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America is one of the most developed countries in the world and a huge reason is because of the United States government. The agreement under which the government had been operating since 1781 was the Articles of Confederation‚ but it was replaced by the Constitution in 1789. This change was required due to the need for a stronger Federal Government. It is astonishing that the Constitution‚ which was created by a group of brilliant leaders still prevails to this day and serves the purpose of running
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it power and protecting the United States from absolutism. Starting out as the weaker Articles of confederation and later advancing into the stronger Constitution‚ the "Supreme Law of the Land" is the back bone of the United States government known today. Without the strong foundation of the Constitution‚ the frail nation that was America could not have survived for more than a few more years on the Articles of Confederation before crumbling into chaos. The severe deficit in Congressional power
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