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States wrote constitutions because at the time the "US"was not formed together into one big country, so all the states had to go into a sort of meeting to get together and write it.
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During the American revolution many states what?
Wrote their own constitutions
What did many states do during the Revolutionary War?
Wrote their own constitutions.
The newly independent states had constitutions that created what type of legislatures?
a. bicameral
What did radical republicans want from the southern states before they could rejoin the union?
The Southern States were to organise conventions which had to amend their own constitutions so as to conform them with the Constitution of the United States, including the incorporation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
As western states entered the Union they generally adopted constitutions that?
established weak governments.
What did the states do after the signing of declaration of independence?
the states began to write their own constitutions
What did the state do after signing of the declaration of independence?
the states began to write their own constitutions
African American leaders at the local level?
helped write new state constitutions
Which states adopted constitutions that limited the power of the?
State constitutions constrain the states themselves.The states adopted the U.S. Constitution to form the federal government.
How did the constitutions of the territories that applied for statehood differ from the constitutions of most Eastern states?
Territories had constitutions that had to be approved by congress while states did not have to have their constitutions approved. Before a territory could enter the Union they needed to draft an acceptable state constitution.
Where was the most damage after the civil war?
radical republicans felt that in order for southern states to write new state constitutions they must what?
Why did the states make constitutions?
The answer is in the Preamble.
Where do states get their powers from?
State constitutions
How were African American politicians serving in state governments able to make a lasting difference?
They helped write new state constitutions after the civil war
How were African American politicians serving in state governments able to make lasting difference.?
They helped write new state constitutions after the civil war
What did radical republicans feel that southern states had to do to be able to write new state constitutions?
only allow people who had not fought against the union to participate
How were African-American politicians serving state government able to make a lasting difference?
They helped write new state constitutions after the civil war.
