New Nation 1A

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What was James Madison known as?

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The "Father of the Constitution"

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What role did James Madison play at the Constitutional Convention?

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Wrote the Constitution

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What was the name of meeting where the delegates met to write the United States Constitution?

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Constitutional Convention

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Why did the Articles of Confederation have to be thrown out/revised? Options: The federal government didn't have the power to create an army, The federal government was collecting too many taxes, The federal government had too much power, The states didn't have enough power

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The federal government didn't have the power to create an army

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The Great Compromise solved what problem?

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The way states would be represented in the legislative branch.

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How are states represented in the legislative branch? Options: There is one Congress- each state gets 2 representatives, There are two houses in Congress- one house has representation based on population, the other is based on equal votes for each state, There is one Congress-each state gets votes based on population, There are two houses in Congress- both have representation based on population

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There are two houses in Congress- one house has representation based on population, the other is based on equal votes for each state

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What was the 3/5 Compromise?

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It settled how slaves would be counted toward the population count.

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Why did the South want to count all slaves in their population counts?

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To have more representation in the House of Representatives

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What does "We the people of the United States...." mean?

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to show the government is given its power by the people

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The United States is a representative democracy. What does this mean?

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Citizens elect other people to run the government