For Nearly 150 Years After the Ratification of the Federal

Multiple Choice

For nearly 150 years after the ratification of the federal Constitution, most of the major policies affecting Americans' lives came from____________________.

A) a much stronger federal government than the one that existed under the Articles of Confederation
B) Congress and state legislatures, in a typically balanced manner that gave birth to the term dual federalism
C) state legislatures, despite a stronger federal government than the one that existed under the Articles of Confederation
D) Congress, with the exception of the decade or two prior the Civil War