Which of the following was not one of the concerns of the delegates when crafting the constitution of the united states?
a.
strengthening the national government
b.
preserving much of the power of the states
c.
preserving the articles of the confederation
d.
making sure the power still rested with the people

C. Preserving the Articles of the Confederation

Delegates deemed necessary to draft a new Constitution because of the inefficiency of the current one at the moment: The Articles of the Confederation, which had been proved to be incompetence for the times the U.S. was going through, for example it did not establish a central government strong enough who had enforcement powers to lead the nation (such as collecting taxes).

Instead, the issues that the delegates were concerned about during the process of changing the Constitution were focused on changing the old one, and a series of issues involving options A, B, and D.

b.

jim crow laws were enacted in northern states.

the doctrine of nullification recommended that states living inside the union have the one-sided, inalienable ideal to void any law made by the national government that could be esteemed illegal.

the united states was shaped based on a general agreement among its individual states. hence, it is inferred that under the hypothesis of invalidation, since the states are the establishment of the union, they have the ability to referee and disprove unlawful laws.