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Chapter 2: Constructing a Government: The Founding and the Constitution
The First Founding: Interests and Conflicts
- What conflicts were apparent and what interests prevailed during the American Revolution and the drafting of the Articles of Confederation?
The Second Founding: From Compromise to Constitution
- Why were the Articles of Confederation unable to hold the nation together?
- In what ways is the Constitution a marriage of interest and principle? How did the framers of the Constitution reconcile their competing interests and principles?
The Constitution
- What principles does the Constitution embody? Why did the framers of the Constitution establish the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
- What limits on the national government's power are embodied in the Constitution?
The Fight for Ratification
- What sides did the Federalists and the Antifederalists represent in the fight over ratification?
- Over what key principles did the Federalists and the Antifederalists disagree?
Changing the Framework: Constitutional Amendment
- Why is the Constitution difficult to amend?
- What purposes do the amendments to the Constitution serve?
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