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Sept. 17, 2026

Constitution Day.

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Constitution Day: the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and how American democracy was designed.

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Calaruga Shark Media. Hi. I am Mark Ellison, And today's

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theme is Constitution Day, the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights,

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and how American democracy was designed. Question one, Constitution Day

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in the United States commemorates the moment the framers finished

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their work in Philadelphia on What date in seventeen eighty

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seven was the US Constitution signed at Independence Hall? Question two?

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At the Constitutional Convention, large and small states clashed over representation.

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What compromise named for the state of its chief sponsors

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created a bicameral Congress with representation by population in the

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House and equal representation for states in the Senate. Question three.

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James Madison sent twelve amendments to the states in seventeen

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eighty nine on congressional pay, lingered for centuries before finally

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being adopted. Which modern amendment is this long delayed proposal?

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Question four. In McCulloch ver Maryland eighteen nineteen, Chief Justice

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John Marshall upheld Congress's authority to create a national bank

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by invoking a provision that broadens legislative power beyond specifically

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listed powers. What is the common name of this constitutional clause?

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Question five? The Bill of Rights lists specific liberties but

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one amendment warns that listing some rights should not be

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read to deny others retained by the people. Which amendment

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makes this point about unenumerated rights. We'll be right back

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with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one,

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on what date was the Constitution signed? Answer? September seventeenth,

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seventeen eighty seven. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the

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Constitution on September seventeenth, seventeen eighty seven in Philadelphia's Independence Hall.

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Constitution Day marks that founding moment of American government. Question two,

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which compromise created the House by population and equal state Senate?

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Answer the Connecticut Great Compromise, proposed by Roger Sherman and

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Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut. The compromise blended the Virginia and

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New Jersey plans. It established today's structure, a House apportioned

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by population and a Senate with two members per state.

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Question three, which amendment on congressional pay, took over two

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hundred years to ratify. Answer the twenty seventh Amendment. Originally

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the second of the twelve proposals, it bars congressional pay

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changes from taking effect until after an election. It was

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finally ratified in nineteen ninety two, more than two hundred

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years after its proposal. Question four, which clause justified the

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National Bank in McCulloch versus Maryland? Answer the Necessary and

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Proper Clause the elastic clause found in Article one, Section eight.

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The clause allows Congress to make laws needed to carry

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out its enumerated powers. Marshall's ruling affirmed a broad interpretation

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strengthening federal authority. Question five, which Amendment protects unenumerated rights?

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Answer the Ninth Amendment. The Ninth Amendment acts as a

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rule of construction, clarifying that the Constitution's rights are not exhaustive.

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It's often cited in debates about rights that aren't explicitly

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listed in the text that concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions.

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I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the

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help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.