New Nation Questions

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How did Benjamin Franklin help get the Constitution written?

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He got the large states and small states to agree to the Great Compromise.

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Which of the following would be the BEST title for this list? Options: Strengths of the U.S. Constitution, Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, Strengths from the Articles of Confederation

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Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

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How was the issue of state representation solved in the new government?

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Two houses were created: one based on population and another with two people from each state.

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What disagreement between large and small states did The Great Compromise solve at the Constitutional Convention?

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how states would be represented in the government

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Why did the delegates of the Constitutional Convention create different branches of government?

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to limit the power of any one branch of government

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What argument did the Three-Fifths Compromise settle at the Constitutional Convention? Options: how states would pass laws, representation in the Supreme Court, how enslaved people would be counted, how many rights would be in the Bill of Rights

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how enslaved people would be counted

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Why did southern states want each enslaved person to be counted in their populations?

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to have more representation in the House of Representatives

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What city is labeled “2” on the map?

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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What is a representative democracy?

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People elect leaders to speak for them and make the laws and decisions.

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Which of the following is the BEST reason Framers of the Constitution include the text "We the people of the United States..." in the document? Options: to show that all people in the country have the same rights, to show that the government’s power comes from the people

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to show that the government’s power comes from the people