Which of the following was the first constitution of

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Which of the following was the first constitution of the United States?
a. the Constitution of 1789
b. the Declaration of Independence
c. the Articles of Confederation
d. the Mayflower Compact
e. the Federalist Papers
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Which of the following does the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
NOT
include?
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The power to regulate the health, safety, welfare and morals of the citizenry
is
called the
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Syria under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad is an example of

.
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Who (or what) has the power of the purse?
a. Supreme Court
b. President
c. Congress
d. Federal bureaucracy
e. Chancellor of the Exchequer
f. Chairman of the Federal Reserve
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The author of An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United
States
was the first scholar in the 20th Century to postulate that the Founding Fathers
wrote the Constitution based in large measure for the protection of their own
economic self interest. That author was
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Supporters of the current Tea Party movement, who advocate strongly for
states'
rights, would MOST likely support which of the following types of government?
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The gridlock and partisan bickering common in American politics today
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Suppose the national government passes a series of aggressive anti-
smoking laws
that effectively invalidates state and local laws. This is an example of
a. an interstate compact.
b. the federal government's reserved powers.
c. New Federalism.
d. distributive policy.
e. preemption .