The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent . . . abuse of its powers, that further . . . restrictive clauses should be added. According to this excerpt, what was the main purpose of ratifying the Bill of Rights? to adopt the Constitution to prevent the abuse of powers to create a convention to restrict rights

Five students—jalen, chris, juwan, jimmy, and ray—move into a house together and discover they share the odd habit of drinking milk with ice in it every night before bed. they own several ice trays and make a pact to always refill the trays when they are emptied so that the supply of ice will never run out. but the five often do not have the time or energy to refill the trays, and after a few weeks, it becomes quite common for them to meet in the kitchen and discover that they have no ice. this would best be characterized as what type of dilemma

50 points in at least two paragraphs, discuss the differences between the principles of republicanism and democracy. explain whether you think the united states is more of a republic or a democracy. refer to at least one example from the constitution.

The ability to accurately gauge the distance of the coffee cup on your desk as you reach for it is called: