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Read the paragraph from the section "Big and small states."

The division between high- and low-population states was the major hurdle that delegates to the Convention needed to overcome to design a stronger national government, which they all agreed was needed. Could the states ever form a more perfect union?

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It introduces the main conflict of the section: the sharp split between high‑ and low‑population states over how to structure the national government. It also signals that despite that disagreement delegates shared a goal (a stronger union) and poses the central question the section will address (whether and how the states could form a “more perfect union”). In short, it sets up the problem, stakes, and direction of the discussion (leading into the compromises that resolved it).