Keane argues that the political conditions during the early years of the United States were, if anything, (i) _______ to the formation of a nation united by one document: the Constitution. Rather, had it not been for a few men-Keane invokes the triumvirate of Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison-to (ii) _______ the Constitution, despite the seemingly implacable opposition of anti-Federalists, the central government would have had to (iii) _______ matters of rule to the individual states.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)	Blank (iii)
A. permissive	D. challenge	G. cede
B. conducive	E. champion	H. reintroduce
C. inimical	F. undermine	I. deny