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How did the Federalists promote the Constitution to the American public? Question options: They went door-to-door asking people to support the Constitution. They published The Federalist Papers, essays that presented logical arguments in favor of the Constitution. They held Town Hall meetings where they gave speeches supporting their cause. They wrote personal letters to each other stating why the Constitution was such a good idea. View Feedback Question 7 0 / 3 points How does the executive branch limit the power of the legislative branch? Question options: The president can choose to sign bills into law. The president decides whether a law is constitutional. The president appoints members of Congress to office. If a president vetoes a bill, it automatically becomes a law. View Feedback Question 9 0 / 3 points How does the judicial branch limit the power of the executive branch? Question options: The judicial branch makes laws for the president to sign. The Supreme Court selects officials to serve in the executive branch. The judicial branch may remove the president from office. The Supreme Court may judge executive acts unconstitutional. View Feedback Question 10 0 / 3 points How does the legislative branch limit the power of the executive branch? Question options: Congress submits Supreme Court nominees to the president for approval. Congress may override a presidential veto with a 2/3 majority vote. Congress votes to declare presidential actions unconstitutional. The Supreme Court can impeach the president. View Feedback Question 11 0.6 / 3 points Which descriptions are correctly matched with the appropriate government official? Choose all answers that are correct. Question options: President – commander in chief of the armed forces Vice president – casts a vote in the Senate to break a tie Representative – sets rates for income taxes Senator – ratifies treaties Supreme Court justice – may declare a legislative or executive act unconstitutional

Answer 1

1. They published the Federalist Papers

2. The President can choose to sign or veto laws

3. The Supreme Court (and the rest of the Judicial Branch) may judge executive acts unconsitutional

4. Congress may override a veto

5. All are correct.

Answer 2

Question 1. The correct answer is: They published The Federalist Papers, essays that presented logical arguments in favor of the Constitution.

The process was also known as the ratification of the Constitution. It was intended that, before the Constitution was adopted by the Confederation Congress, each state had to ratify it agreed with what the Constitution accounts.

Since there was an intense campaign of Anti-federalist to promote a bill of rights to guarantee individual liberties and refuse the need of a Constitution, a group of Federalist formed by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton came together in order to promote the Constitution by publishing many essays and articles, from 1787 to 1788, in different newspapers where they explained based on different points of view, why the Constitution was necessary for the country.

Question 2. The correct answer is: The president can choose to sign bills into law.

One of the several mechanisms which allow the US democracy as a whole function is the check and balances system also referred to as the separation of powers.  Thus, the executive limits the legislative branch, when the President decides whether to sign a bill into law or not.  After the legislative introduces and votes a bill, this goes to the President who decides if it’s good or not for the country and eventually sings or vetoes respectively.

Question 3. The correct answer is: The Supreme Court may judge executive acts unconstitutional.

If bills are signed by the President as in the above case, The Supreme Court appeals to judges, and district court judges who make the evaluations of them, and determine if the acts are against the Constitution in a process known as judicial review.

Question 4. The correct answer is:  Congress may override a presidential veto with a 2/3 majority vote.

Since after Congress has passed a bill, the President has the power to veto that bill, Congress, in turn, can override a regular presidential veto by a two-thirds vote of both houses.

Question 5. The descriptions that match correctly with the appropriate government officials are:

• President – commander in chief of the armed forces: thus correct

• Vice president – casts a vote in the Senate to break a tie Representative: thus correct
• If the following three are in the domain of the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court respectively, they are correct.

Sets rates for income taxes Senator

Ratifies treaties Supreme Court justice

May declare a legislative or executive act unconstitutional