Constitution - DCP #2

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What were the key issues addressed at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

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The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise

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What did the Northwest Ordinance establish for the United States?

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Principles and procedures for orderly expansion

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What are the strengths and weaknesses associated with?

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The Articles of Confederation

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Which document lists colonial grievances and how they were addressed?

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The Declaration of Independence

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What principles does the U.S. Constitution reflect?

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Limited government, republicanism, checks and balances

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Who were key figures in the Federalist and Anti-Federalist debates? Options: Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, George Mason; Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay; Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler

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Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, George Mason

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What does the Bill of Rights guarantee?

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Rights for individuals

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What was the purpose of the Great Compromise?

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To balance representation between large and small states

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What was the Three-Fifths Compromise about?

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Counting slaves as part of the population for representation

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What is a key feature of federalism?

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Division of power between national and state governments