JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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only the elite, educated would serve in office
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anyone could be elected to a political office
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poor whites had as much of a chance being president as wealthy whites
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anyone could vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Framers of the Constitution wanted to make sure that each branch of government was balanced so that no one part of government could dominate the other. To achieve this goal, the Constitution provides “checks and balances” among the three branches.
Detailed explanation-2: -The framers of the Constitution expected Congress to be the dominant branch of government. They placed it first in the Constitution and assigned more powers to it than to the presidency.
Detailed explanation-3: -James Madison is known as the Father of the Constitution because of his pivotal role in the document’s drafting as well as its ratification.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays arguing in support of the United States Constitution. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay were the authors behind the pieces, and the three men wrote collectively under the name of Publius.