Why did john jay, alexander hamilton, and james madison write the federalist papers?
a. to persuade the states to approve the constitution
b. to convince people that the constitution would take away their rights
c. to gain public support for allowing slaves to vote
d. to spread rumors about what had happened at the philadelphia convention

President nixon resigned from office in 1974 after he was informed that the senate would impeach him, as allowed in the constitution, for his actions in the watergate scandal. one of the key reasons that nixon’s actions became public was a) the freedom of press guaranteed by the first amendment. b) the right to confront witnesses as guaranteed by the sixth amendment. c) the limitation of judicial powers as defined in article 3 of the constitution. d) the prohibition against illegal search and seizure as guaranteed by the fourth amendment.