1.Were the delegates to the Constitutional Convention more concerned about liberty or about order? 2.Were the delegates right or wrong to compromise on slavery?
3.What compromises made the Constitution possible? Is compromise, as a political strategy, good or bad for democracy? Why is it out of favor today?
4.Why did the delegates set up gates against citizen participation? Whose participation did they not consider at all?
5.Did the delegates trust the people?
6.Do the people today retain the right to institute new government?