The empire was spit because it was believed that this empire had become to large and complex for one ruler to handle.
You could start off with the news report about how Soviet and U.S almost started another war due to a missile crisis with Cuba or how soviet's government is different from ours. Basically compare and contract Soviet and U.S.
Hopefully this can get you a head start
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Answer:
A slave had 3/5th of a vote. A regular person had one vote.
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