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How did the Constitution of the US unify the states and bring them together prior to 1861?
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What power of the Constitution justified the actions of the southern states prior to the Civil War?
The Supreme Court's decision that slavery enjoyed total protection by the Constitution.
What Governing laws are prior to the constitution?
None, it is the Supreme body of law in the United States legal system.
Did the south have the right to sucede from the union?
Prior to the Civil War, the US Constitution did not prohibit states from seceding.
What is an alliance or loose union of independent states?
A confederation is an alliance or loose union of independent states. The United States was a confederation prior to the US Constitution.
People that voted to approve the constitution were called?
Constitutional Delegates approved the draft. The approved Constitution was then ratified by the states according to the accepted plan promulgated prior to the draft.
Amendment 17 of the Constitution changed the?
The 17th Amendment of the Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. Prior to this amendment Senators were elected by state legislatures.
Before the adoption of the constitution what were the states joined by?
The answer is the Articles of confederation. But, the person who just gave their answer, probably would get a headache just thinking about it while they're sitting in their trailer eating porkrinds because they don't care about academics, and clearly, their life is going nowhere! :)
What message were the framers of the constitution announcing to the rest of the world in the first paragraph of article 6?
All debts and treaties entered into prior to the adoption of the Constitution shall be considered valid and will be honored by the United States of America.
Constitution made slave trade legal until what year?
The United States Constitution protected the slave trade for twenty years. This protection was not to expire prior to the year 1808. After January first of that year, laws could take effect to end the slave trade in the United States.
Why does the Constitution leave certain powers for the state?
Prior to the adoption of the Constitution, the states were seen as sovereign entities that voluntarily entered into the union by adopting the constitution. The principle of state sovereignty, or states' rights, continued into the new government. States retain some sovereignty like separate nations would, but important functions are delegated to the federal government. The reserving of powers for the states allows for local solutions to problems and experimentation with new policies.
What was the plan for government prior to to the constitution?
Articles of Confederation
Why was the bill of rights added to the constitution prior to the radification?
Some states or people (like Virginia's Patrick Henry) thought that the Constitution did not adequately protect individual citizens' rights. Therefore, a Bill of Rights was added so more states would ratify the Constitution, and the American people were afforded more protection than with the Constitution alone. The Bill of Rights added a significant number of rights and privileges not given to citizens under the Constitution alone.
