Name_________________________________________ Date _______________________ MOD___________________
American Government
Section 2:4
[Slide 2]
Objectives
1. Identify the Framers of the Constitution and discuss how they organized the Philadelphia Convention.
2. Compare and contrast the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
3. Summarize the convention’s major compromises and the effects of those decisions.
4. Describe the delegates’ reactions to the Constitution.
[Slide 3]
Key Terms
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__________________________________: the individuals who _________________________________ the
______________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________: a plan offered at the Convention that called for a
_________________________________________________________ with ___________________________
________________________________, with each state’s representation in a __________________________
legislature _________________________________mainly on _______________________________________
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_________________________________________________: a plan calling for a _________________________
_____________________________________________________ with a ________________________________
legislature and ____________________________________________________________ of all the states.
[Slide 4]
Key Terms, cont.
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____________________________________________________________: an agreement to divide Congress into
___________________________________________________, _____________________________ with
_______________________________________________ on state _____________________________________
and _________________ with ________________________________________________________ for all states
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____________________________________________________: an agreement to count ___________________
_______________________________________________________________when determining state population
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___________________________________________________________________________________: an
agreement _________________________________________________________________________ from
___________________________________________________________________________________________
with the ________________________________________________________ for at least __________________
[Slide 5]
Introduction
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What compromises enabled the Framers to create the Constitution?
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The ______________________________________________________________
• This compromise dealt with how to determine the representation of states in the national
legislature.
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The ________________________________________________________________
• This compromise dealt with issues arising from slavery.
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The ________________________________________________________________
• This compromise addressed northern and southern disagreements about foreign trade.
[Slide 6]
The Framers
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The ______________________________________________________________________________ began on
________________________________, with ____________________ delegates.
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These individuals, called the _________________________________________________, came from
______________________________________________:
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Many had ___________________________ in the ____________________________________.
•
Eight had _________________________ the _________________________________________
__________________________________________________.
•
34 had ___________________________________________ at a time when it was a rare
achievement.
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Two would become ______________________________________________________, one a
_________________________________________________________, nineteen a ___________
___________________________________, and thirteen a member of the _________________
____________________________________.
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A New Government
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The __________________________________________________________
______________________ as ____________________________________of
the __________________________________ and ____________________
______________________________________________________.
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A ______________________________________________________
would ______________________ to be present to
_______________________________________________.
–
___________________________________________________ would
have ___________________________________.
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A _______________________________________________________ would
_________________________________________________________.
[Slide 8]
A New Government, Continued
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Then, on _____________________________________, the Framers made their
__________________________________________:
to
___________________
__________________________________________rather than amend them.
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_________________________________________
(right)
was
a
_________________________________________ in the movement to
_____________________________the Constitution.
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[Slide 9]
The Virginia Plan
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This plan __________________________________________________________________________ with a
____________________________________________, ___________________________________________, and
_________________________________________ branch.
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___________________________________________ would have _______________________________,
___________________________________with ______________________________________ based on
_________________________________________________________________________ to the
_____________________________________________________________________.
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______________________________________ would have _____________________________________
_______________________________ than it had under the Articles.
•
It would be able to _________________________________________________________ to
________________________________________________________.
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The _________________________________________________________________________ would
__________________________________________________________ and ______________________.
•
These ___________________________________________________ would ________________
_________________________________________ that ______________________________
acts passed by Congress.
[Slide 10]
The New Jersey Plan
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This plan proposed a much different organization of the three branches.
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______________________________________would have a _________________________________
with _______________________________________________________ for ____________________
_____________________________.
•
This ___________________________________________ would have more ________________
_______________________________________________________________________ under
the _________________________________________________________________.
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There would be an ________________________________________________ of __________________
_____________________________, ______________________________________________________.
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At the ________________________________________________________________________,
______________________________________________________ members of this committee.
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The ______________________________________________________________________ would
_______________________________________________________________________________ to be
the _____________________________________________________________.
[Slide 11]
Connecticut Compromise
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______________________________________________________________________________ that
_____________________________________________________________________________ them
under the ___________________________________________________________________.
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__________________________________________________________________________, also called
the _______________________________________________________________________, solved this
dispute.
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In the _________________________________________________________________, each
_____________________________ would be _______________________________ according
to its __________________________________________.
•
In the ________________________________________, each ______________________ would
have _______________________________________________________.
[Slide 12]
Additional Compromises
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________________________________________________________________________________________as
part of the state ______________________________________________. ____________________________
states ___________________________________.
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The _____________________________________________________________________ counted each
slave as three-fifths of a person when figuring representation in Congress.
[Slide 13]
Additional Compromises, continued
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___________________________________________________________________________________ their
________________________________________________ and the __________________________________
from regulation by Congress.
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Under the _________________________________________________________________________,
____________________________________________________________________________ state
____________________________________________________________________________ until 1808.
[Slide 14]
The Issue of Slavery
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Disputes over slavery during the Convention arose because _______________
________________________________________________________________
____________________________________than in the more industrial North.
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However, _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________.
[Slide 15]
A Bundle of Compromises
– The Framers had to resolve disputes involving such issues as:
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The ________________________________________________ of the new government
•
___________________________________________________ among the states
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The ____________________________________________________________________
•
_______________________________________________________ the Constitution
•
The ___________________________________________________________________
– The Constitution they approved on ___________________________________________________, has
thus been called a “bundle of compromises.”
[Slide 16]
Review
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Now that you have learned what compromises enabled the Framers to create the Constitution, go back and
answer the Chapter Essential Question.
– How does the Constitution reflect the times in which it was written?
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