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FrontPage : Turn in Constitution WQ to back box.

FrontPage : Turn in Constitution WQ to back box. Last Word: Read/OL page 124-127 for tomorrow. The Statue of Freedom. The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

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FrontPage : Turn in Constitution WQ to back box.

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  1. FrontPage: Turn in Constitution WQ to back box. Last Word: Read/OL page 124-127 for tomorrow

  2. The Statue of Freedom

  3. The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. "If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?" Introduction to Congress Chapter 5, Section 1 “In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” From Charlie Wilson's War Joanne Herring: "Why is Congress saying one thing and doing nothing?" Charlie Wilson: "Well, tradition mostly."

  4. Creating the Legislative Branch • One of the central questions at the drafting of the Constitution dealt with how representatives in the legislature would be given to each state… • Some believed in an equal number for each state • What types of states liked this idea? • Some felt that the more people a state had, the more representatives it should receive. • What types of states liked this idea? • And so the fate of the Constitution and the new nation hinged on this initial question…

  5. The Great Compromise – Thinking Win-Win And so, in order to compromise between both sides, it was decided that the legislative branch would have 2 separate houses • One house would have an equal number per state • One would have representation based on population This compromise became known as the “Great Compromise” because it solved one of the most important conflicts in the drafting of the Constitution…

  6. Our 2-house Congress – A “Win-Win”… • And so, our legislative branch, responsible for making laws, was divided into 2 houses to give both large and small states a “win”…

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