Question 11. How did the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, the Great Compromise, and the Three-Fifths Compromise lead our current form of Congress?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 2
1. Explain the concepts of democracy, constitutionalism, and the free market system. How are these three systems designed to work together to maintain a balance of power in the United States? Do they actually maintain a balance of power? Why or why not?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 3
1. Define federalism and discuss how it relates to national and state sovereignty. What are the similarities and differences between today’s version of federalism and the federalism that was established in 1787?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 4
1. What were the major goals of the framers of the U. S. Constitution? How does the Constitution in its completed form meet these goals?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Course Textbook
Patterson, T. (2013). The American democracy (11th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
