MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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to enable rapid change in government policy to meet emergencies
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to provide ordinary citizens with a voice in their national government
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to prevent any one branch of the federal government from becoming too strong
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to permit states to nullify unconstitutional acts of Congress
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Framers structured the government in this way to prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful, and to create a system of checks and balances. Under this system of checks and balances, there is an interplay of power among the three branches.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Checks and Balances. The framers of the U.S. Constitution saw checks and balances as essential for the security of liberty under the Constitution. They believed that by balancing the powers of the three governmental branches, the efforts in human nature toward tyranny could be checked and restrained.