DO NOW
1. Hand in Constitutional Convention Homework
Questions
2. Write down homework- Quiz on 11/2 (Study
Guide is on my website) and Summary for
Cornell Notes
3. In section two of your notebook, answer the
following question:
•
What was the purpose of the Constitutional
Convention? Why?
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION
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DEBATE OVER THE
CONSTITUTION
EQS: WHAT ROLE DID COMPROMISE PLAY
IN CREATING THE CONSTITUTION?
WHAT WERE THE CONTROVERSIES OVER
THE RATIFICATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION?
ISSUES AT THE CONVENTIONREPRESENTATION
• The Convention needed to restructure Congress
• New Jersey Plan- One House in Congress where all states
had one vote (equal)
• Virginia Plan- Two Houses in Congress where each are
based on the state’s population
• Great Compromise- Two Houses in Congress
• One based on equal representation (Senate)
• One based on the state’s population (House of
Representatives)
ISSUES AT THE CONVENTIONCOUNTING SLAVES
• Another major issue was how whether to count slaves
towards population, taxes or neither.
• Southern states wanted slaves to be counted towards
representation so therefore they would have more
delegates.
• Northern states believed that since slaves were property
they should be counted for taxes and not for
representation.
• Three-Fifths Compromise- count each slave as three-fifths
of a person for taxes and representation.
COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND
THE CONSTITUTION
THE NEW
CONSTITUTION
• Provided a stronger central government
• A contract between the people and the government
• The Framers clearly divided and specified the powers of the
government
• Was the supreme law of the land
THE NEW
CONSTITUTION
• Adopted the idea of federalism: sharing power between the
federal and the state government
• Powers of the federal government: collect taxes, regulate trade,
control the currency, raise an army, declare war and create laws
that were “necessary and proper”
• Power of the state government: regulate trade within their
borders, establish local governments and schools, and set
marriage laws
• Powers that were shared: set taxes and criminal justice
THE BIG ISSUE
• After the Constitution was approved by the convention,
it then needed to be ratified by the people.
• Not everyone wanted to approve the Constitution
because they felt it lacked specific details
THE FEDERALISTS
• Supported the Constitution
• Believed in a strong central government
• Believed the Constitution would give the federal
government the power to fix the problems America was
currently facing
• Thought it did enough to support the rights of the
individual person
THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS
• Opposed the Constitution
• Feared a strong central government would take away the
liberties and freedoms Americans fought for in the
Revolutionary War.
• Wanted a local government controlled by the people.
EXIT PASS
Write the questions and corresponding answers on a piece of
lined paper. When done, turn into the bin.
1. How is the Great Compromise a compromise between the
New Jersey and Virginia Plans?
2. Why was there a debate over how slaves should be
counted?
3. Who were the Federalists? How did they feel about the
Constitution?
4. Who were the Anti-Federalists? How did they feel about
the Constitution?