Founding Fathers and the Constitution

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Which of these Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence and led the 1787 Constitutional Convention?

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Benjamin Franklin

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What role did George Washington play at the Constitutional Convention?

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He presided over the convention and worked to maintain order

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How was the form of government that James Madison supported at the Constitutional Convention different from the US government under the Articles of Confederation?

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Madison thought the national government should be stronger

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What was a weakness in the Articles of Confederation?

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It lacked the power to collect taxes

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What was the Great Compromise of 1787?

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It was an agreement on the structure of the legislative branch: a state's Representatives would be based on population while each state would have an equal number of Senators.

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What issue was resolved by the Three-Fifths Compromise?

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Slaves would be counted as part of a state's population

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Why does the Constitution start with "we the people"?

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to show that government gets its power from the people

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Who runs the government in a republic such as the United States?

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elected officials

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What features of the US government does this diagram represent?

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the federal system

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What power do citizens have in a representative democracy such as the United States?

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Citizens elect other people to run the government