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Why weren’t the men in the convention future oriented? (except for Alexander Hamilton)

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How would North America look if the states gained too much power and completely disovled as a country.

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Does a federal judiciary check the power of state governments?
How would the course of history have changed if the electoral college never existed?

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What was the root of the distrust between the states?

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How would different economic backgrounds play a role in the development of the constitution

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What would the nation look like today if the Articles of Confederation lasted and no new Constitution was created?

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Did regional differences play a role in the creation of the constitution?

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Will a new Constitution ever be made/adopted? If so, will it be just amendments or just improvements on the old one?

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If the framers of the Constitution were able to live in modern society, what/do you think they would change about the Constitution?

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If you could remove one article/amendment from the Constitution, what would it be and why?

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Why weren't the rights of the people mentioned in the constitution itself, instead of being added as the Bill of Rights

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Why did they allow the elastic clause and the
10th amendment to both be created
if they seem to contradict one another?

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What was the likely hood that the people would actually not ratify the constitution considering the country would’ve likely begun to fail soon enough under the articles of confederation. As in would they really have voted against it out of fear of losing some liberties and a too powerful federal govnermnet while risking the survival of the country

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What foreign influences played a role in the creation of the constitution?

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Is one branch more powerful than the others? Was this on purpose or by accident?

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How do the ideals of the participants of the Consitutional Convention translate into the Cosnitution itself?

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Is it better that the central government has more power now than when the constitution was first accepted?

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Do the Articles of Confederation
or the Constitution better represent the goals of the American Revolution?

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Because, even in the Constitution, the president was not meant to be equally as powerful as Congress, does the executive position today have too much power?

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Checks and Balances = Limits on National Govt. Power

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Checks and Balances = Limits on National Govt. Power

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3) How does the development and interpretation of the Constitution influence policies that impact citizens and residents of the U.S.?

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2) How have theory, debate, and compromise influenced the U.S. Constitutional system?

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1) How did the founders of the U.S. Constitution attempt to protect individual liberty, while also promoting public order and safety?