The Newly Penned State Constitutions Enjoyed Many Features in Common

question 34

Multiple Choice

The newly penned state constitutions enjoyed many features in common, all of them shared the following characteristics except

• A) they all represented a fundamental law, superior to the whims of ordinary legislation.
• B) most of them included a bill of rights.
• C) all of them created weak executive and judicial branches of government.
• D) the state legislatures were given sweeping powers.
• E) all of them included a clause granting universal suffrage to all citizens.

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