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Constitution Two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happened in Philadelphia in May 1787? | Representatives from 12 states came to Philadelphia to heed the Continental Congress's call to "take into consideration the situation in the United States". |
| How did the delegates ignore their specific orders and instructions? | They were supposed to meet to revise the AoC but delegates ignored it and began writing the U.S. Constitution. |
| What four things did the delegates agree on? | They agreed on human nature, the causes of political conflict, the objects of government, and the nature of a republican government. |
| What did the delegates believe about human nature? | They believed people were naturally self-interested and that government should play a key role in containing these impulses. |
| What did the delegates believe was the most important cause of political conflict? | The distribution of wealth was the source of political conflict. |
| What is a faction? | Groups such as parties or interest groups, which arose from the unequal distribution of property or wealth and had the potential to cause instability in government. |
| Define the majority faction | The many who have little or no property. |
| Define the minority faction | The few with property. |
| How would EACH (majority and minority factions) try to tyrannize each other? | The majority would try to seize the government to reduce the wealth of the minority; the minority would try to seize the government to secure its own gains. |
| What happens to governments run by factions and what did the framers intend to do about it? | They are prone to instability, tyranny, and even violence.They intended to check the effects of factions. |
| What did the framers think was the principal object of government? | The preservation of property |
| What type of government did the framers believe would work? | Power should be set against power so that no one faction would overwhelm the others. Limited government. |
| Tyranny would be prevented so long as what was true? | As long as no faction could seize the whole of government at once. |
| What three issues occupied more time than any other at the Convention? | Issues of equality, the economy, and individual rights. |
| Contrast the New Jersey Plan with the Virginia Plan. | NJ - equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of its population. VA - equal representation of each state in Congress in proportion to that state's share of the US population. |
| What did the Connecticut (Great) Compromise create? | Two houses of Congress |
| Describe both parts of the institution (the Connecticut (Great) Compromise). | The House of Representatives, in which representation is based on a state's share of the US population; and the Senate, in which each state has two representatives. |
| What was the Compromise intended to do? | Intended to maximize equality among the states |
| What did the Connecticut (Great) Compromise actually do? | It gave more power to people who lived in states with small populations than to those who lived in more heavily populated states. |
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