The Framers Attempted to Reassure Citizens That Their Views Would

question 44

Multiple Choice

The framers attempted to reassure citizens that their views would be represented in the new government created by the Constitution by

• A) allowing citizens to vote directly on all laws enacted by the federal government.
• B) making the Constitution very easy to amend.
• C) requiring the direct election of senators, members of the House, and the president.
• D) defining the new government's most important powers, such as collecting taxes, borrowing money, and regulating commerce, as belonging to Congress.

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Definitions:

Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Limited

In a business context, referring to a company where the liability of its members is restricted to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.

Communist Society

A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.

Means of Production

The physical, non-human inputs like factories, machines, and tools required for the production of goods.