Writing Prompts
Chapter 2
2.1 Discuss three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Remember to use claim evidence a reasoning.
2.2 At the Constitutional Convention the framers had major
differences of how Congress was to be represented.
In the end, two major compromises were made. Discuss in detail
both the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise.
2.3 Making a change to the constitution was important to the
framers. They believed that our government had to be flexible to
meet the times.
a. Describe the two ways in which a constitutional amendment
can be proposed.
b. Describe the two ways in which an amendment can be ratified.