AP US Government and Politics Quiz
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FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
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Anti-Federalists predict a standing army under federal control could threaten liberty in peacetime. Which concern is illustrated?
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Federalist claim that a permanent army is essential and harmless because Congress can never fund it, given the Constitution bans federal taxation.
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Anti-Federalist fear that centralized military power and a standing army could be used to coerce citizens and states, undermining republican liberty.
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Federalist promise that the president alone controls the military budget, preventing legislative meddling and ensuring swift national defense decisions.
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Anti-Federalist demand that the Articles of Confederation be amended to create a national monarchy, believing kings are more restrained than legislatures.
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Argument that standing armies were prohibited by the Emancipation Proclamation, making the concern irrelevant to eighteenth-century ratification debates.
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