Question
What did the collapse of a republican Rome (same government the US was building) hundreds of years before teach the Founding Fathers?(1 point)
Responses
Too much power can cause corruption in government
Too much power can cause corruption in government
Power forces people to work together
Power forces people to work together
Citizens will not rise up when treated unfairly
Citizens will not rise up when treated unfairly
Citizens will always give up their power to those in charge
Responses
Too much power can cause corruption in government
Too much power can cause corruption in government
Power forces people to work together
Power forces people to work together
Citizens will not rise up when treated unfairly
Citizens will not rise up when treated unfairly
Citizens will always give up their power to those in charge
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is: **Too much power can cause corruption in government.**
The Founding Fathers studied the history of the Roman Republic and were aware of how the concentration of power led to corruption and the eventual fall of that government, which informed their decisions in creating checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution.
The Founding Fathers studied the history of the Roman Republic and were aware of how the concentration of power led to corruption and the eventual fall of that government, which informed their decisions in creating checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution.