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- the bill of rights originally was intended to apply to federal and state laws
- the strong federalists preferred a federal arrangement for the new national government
- most modern countries are polities, mixtures of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy
- aristotle defined politics as the science of finding the best way for a group of non-blood related people to live together under a shared conception of the good human life
- for aristotle, politics should produce virtue in citizens
- in the beginning of christendom, germanic tribal kinds dominated the popes since they had more soldiers
- the american constitution is fairly easy to amend
- tribal customs are the same as laws
- the social contract was a radical departure from the natural law tradition
- for aristotle, a constitution was good if it made all citizens capable of ruling or being ruled
- What were the reasons men went years without being able to find work?
- the american colonial settlers were drawn mainly from the powerful in europe
- the european powers paid a lot of attention to local concerns of the american colonies immediately following their settlement
- How did the Great Depression in America add to the problems that were already going on in Europe?
- most of the delegates at the constituional convention wanted a moderate revision of the articles of confederation
- aristotle defined virtue as the possession of prudence, temperance, courage, and justice
- america won the war for independence because it had the better professional military
- aristocracy is the rule of the rich at the expense of the poor
- How many banks failed within the 4 years of the stock market crash?
- aristotle thought that democracy was the oldest and best form of government