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nded the laying of duties by the states? Sec.7. For what other purpose did congress need the power to lay duties? How had Great Britain secured the carrying trade? Sec.8. What other trouble arose from this imperfect union? Sec.9. How was this difficulty sought to be remedied? Sec.10. What was the result of the meeting at Annapolis? Sec.11. In what did the recommending of a convention result? How was the constitution ratified in the states? Sec.12. To give it effect, how many states must ratify? When were ratifications received from Rhode Island and North Carolina? Chapter XXVIII. Sec.2. What is a confederacy? Was the confederation a union of people? or a union of states? From what does this appear? Sec.3. What is the union under the constitution? Where is this declared? Sec.4. What is said of the former independence of the states? What power has the general government acquired by the constitution? Sec.5. How did the equality of the states in the old congress appear? To how many delegates were they entitled? How did they vote? Sec.6. How are the states now represented? How do representatives vote? Sec.7. State the difference between the bodies that framed and ratified the two instruments respectively. Sec.8. Was the government under the confederation properly _national_? How does it appear that it was not? What change did the constitution effect? Sec.9. What early act of the constitutional convention shows the present government to be national? Sec.10. What departments of power were wanting under the confederation? Sec.11. Is the present government wholly national? Why not? Chapter XXIX. Sec.1. Of what does congress consist? For what terms were members of the old congress appointed? Why has the term of a representative been extended to two years? Sec.2. What qualifications are required for voting for representatives? What reasons were there for this rule? Sec.3. What are the qualifications of a representative? Give the reasons for these qualifications. Sec.4. Give the rule of apportioning representatives and direct taxes. Sec.5. What made it difficult to agree upon a rule of apportionment? In what states did slavery then exist? Name the present slaveholding states. Sec.7. Upon what terms was the question of apportionment settled? Sec.8. Illustrate the rule by an example. Sec.9. How are the slave states benefited by this arrangement as to taxes? Sec.1
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