Unit 2 Chapter 5 Section 2 The Constitution and the Bill of Rights pp. 88
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Define convention:______________________________________________________
The Constitutional Convention
____________________________________________________ was chosen to run the
Constitutional Convention.
Name two other important Americans and 1 fact about each, who were there:
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
On the first day of the convention, name the two ideas on which the candidates agreed:
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Did the delegates agree on anything after that? ____________________________
Big States Against Small States
The first and most important question at the meeting was__________________________
________________________________________________________________________
The delegates agreed that: _________________________________________________
The delegates could not agree on ____________________________________________
Virginia plan
New Jersey Plan
Put an x under the state that gave more power to
larger states
Put an x under the state plan which said states with
more people should have more votes in Congress
Put an x under the state plan which said each state
shold have one vote
Define compromise: ________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise called for ______________________ houses of Congress.
Contrast/Compare:
The number of candidates in each house of Congress will be based on:
Senate
House of Representatives
The 3/5 Compromise
What was the next problem to pop up for the delegates ___________________________
What did the North say?
What did the South say?
Why did the North feel this way
Why did the South feel this way?
What were the provisions of the 3/5 Compromise?
______________________________________________________________________
Checks and Balances
The delegates decided to divide the government into 3 branches:
The _________________________________ branch, which would make the laws.
The __________________________ branch, led by the ______________________which
would carry out the laws.
The __________________ branch, made up of the _____________________________,
which would settled differences about the meanings of laws.
The delegates felt this agreement would ______________________________________
the powers of the branches.
We call this system the system of ___________________________________________.
The written plan for the government was called the ______________________________.
Federalists and Anti Federalists
Give two descriptions for each:
Federalists
Anti Fedaralists
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights lists: __________________________________________________.
It guarantees freedom of _________________, ___________________________, & the
right to a fair __________________________________________ for every American.
The Bill of Rights are the first ten ___________________________________________
to the Constitution.
Define amendment:______________________________________________________.
In what year were the amendments added to the Constitution?_____________________.
Look at the Chart on pp. 91.
Which do you think is the most important?____________________________
Why?__________________________________________________________
Which do you think has the most awesome/important responsibility?
_____________________________________________________________
Why?________________________________________________________