A Moving to another question will save this response. >> Question 6 1 points Save Answer The Federalist Papers are a series of published essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They are essays analyzing the government contemplated by the US Constitution. These essays were written to show why the US Constituion would create a government weaker than the Articles of Confederation. O to argue for a Bill of Rights as a condition of for ratification of the US Constitution. to show why the US President would likely become the king everyone feared. to show first why the framework of government contemplated by the US Constitution stood the best chance of enduring over time and secondly why that framework was the most adequate to protect the natural rights of the people over time: and lastly that therefore the US Constitution as proposed should receive ratification by the people of the states. A Moving to another question will save this response. >> Question 8 1 points Save Answer Art. VI of the US Constitution contains the "supremacy clause" which establishes the supremacy of federalational law over state and local laws. O True O False A Moving to another question will save this response. Question 9 1 points Save Answer Why did the individuals who framed the Articles of Confederation (period between American independence from Britain and the ratification of the US Constitution) fashion such a weak central government? They feared centralizing authority in a national government and they wanted to create a government as different as possible from the British model. They never intended to protect the prerogatives of the state governments. They could not agree on anyone to be their first king. European allies insisted on a weak America. A Moving to another question will save this response. Question 9 of 55 > >> Question 12 1 points Save Answer When the Framers drafted Art. I or the article establishing the legislative (lawmaking) power of the United States, they gave the Congress O unlimited lawmaking power. "specific, enumerated powers" which they felt would limit the Congress's power over the states to only that authority which Congress was explicitly given/granted by Art. I sec. 8. O power equal to the British King and Parliament combined. O only those powers belonging to the Confederation Congress of the 1770s and 17805. A Moving to another question will save this response. >> Question 13 1 points Save Answer Representative democracy is considered to be an improvement over direct democracy. Why? It allows the wealthiest individuals in the nation to get into positions of real power. It enables the unelected but more experienced military generals and admirals to dictate policy to the US president. It removes all power from the ignorant masses. It allows the people a voice in their government by giving them a right to vote for individuals whom they think will become the best lawmakers for the nation. A Moving to another question will save this response. >> Question 17 1 points Save Answer What is meant by "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights"? O One person has a greater claim to these rights than any other. O All citizens must be religious, believing in the Creator. O All people enjoy these same rights equally all the time by being human beings. O All governments of the world in fact recognize the same rights of mankind. A Moving to another question will save this response. Question 17 of 55 > >>