Question

The U.S. Constitution was utterly unique in its time because _______. Select all that apply. the President could initiate a tax to maintain a standing military there were two legislative houses with elected representatives in both houses the Supreme Court justices were appointed for life of the idea that the President was an elected leader of a separate branch of government of the element of checks and balances

Answer 1

The correct answers are A) the President could initiate a tax to maintain a standing military. D) of the idea that the President was an elected leader of a separate branch of government. E) of the element of checks and balances.

The U.S. Constitution was utterly unique in its time because of the following: the President could initiate a tax to maintain a standing military, of the idea that the President was an elected leader of a separate branch of government and the element of checks and balances.

The United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, during the Constitutional Convention in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After many sessions and discussions, the delegates approved the Constitution that was very modern by its time. It included the division of powers between the three branches of the federal government and none could be above the other. The branches were the legislative branch (the US Congress), the Judicial branch (the Supreme Court), and the executive branch (the President). That is why they also invented the system of checks and balances.