The U.S. Constitution
8th Grade · Social Studies · 40 min
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Learning Objective
I can describe the key principles and compromises involved in creating the U.S. Constitution.
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The Great Compromise resulted in each state having two senators and a House of Representatives based on population.
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Southern states wanted to include enslaved people in their population counts, leading to the Three-Fifths Compromise.
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Benjamin Franklin believed that compromise was essential for the new nation to move forward and for American democracy to develop.
