How Did the Framers Address the Question of Government Administration

question 53

Multiple Choice

How did the Framers address the question of government administration at the Constitutional Convention?

• A) not very clearly although they gave the President appointment power but left it to Congress to establish executive departments and determine how they would be staffed
• B) ignored the issue entirely since they believed that the federal government would carry out a few, well-defined tasks relating to diplomacy and national security
• C) in tremendous detail as they specified the creation of specific agencies and defined the powers of those agencies in Article VIII
• D) not very clearly, but they did believe that the President should have absolute control over officials serving in the executive branch

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Variable Selling

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Administrative Expense

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