Why did the framers of the Constitution believe that the prosperity of the nation depended on a free enterprise system?
a. They believed that in a free enterprise system, the government would be able to play a major role in
people's lives and help new businesses thrive and compete in a global marketplace.
b. They believed that in a free enterprise system, people would be free to make their own laws and
regulations and that this would stimulate the economy.
C. They believed that in a free enterprise system, state governments would be better able to control the
economy than the federal government would because states better understood their citizens' needs.
d. They believed that in a free enterprise system, government played a limited role in the economy,
and Americans would thrive when left to individual enterprise.