Warm Up

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Warm Up

• Grab A Delegates Activity Sheet a Venn Diagram
• Take out Notes and have out your Venn Diagram

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Venn Diagram

• Label Venn Diagram Government Powers Under the
  Articles of Confederation
• Label one circle State Governments and the
  other The Central Government
• Put the powers associated with each into the Venn
  Diagram

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The Constitutional Convention
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Why was the Convention held?

• Revision of the Articles of Confederation
• What were some of the issues that needed to be
  considered at the Convention?

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The Delegates

• 55 Delegates
• 31 College Degrees / 31 Lawyers
• 45 Congressmen
• 30 Served in War
• Avg Age 43. Oldest 81 Youngest 27
• 17 slaveholders

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Who Came?
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George Washington
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Ben Franklin
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Edmund Randolph
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George Mason
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Alexander Hamilton
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Roger Sherman
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James Wilson
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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John Dickinson
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William Patterson
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James Madison
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James Madisons Importance

• The Father of the Constitution
• Organizer of the Convention
• Studied extensively before convention began on
  the History of Governments
• Would propose and write much of the language in
  the Constitution

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How was the Convention to run?

• Unanimously George Washington the Presiding
  officer
• 1 State 1 Vote
• Majority Wins
• No meetings unless 7/13 quorum
• Closed Doors

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Delegates Activity

• Take out delegates activity directions
• Computer Lab in library Tuesday

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Vocabulary Activity

• Take out Constitution Unit Vocabulary Activity

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Warm Up

• Grab a VA plan v. NJ plan worksheet
• Open book to page Read Page 202-203 and complete
  worksheet
• Prepare for Notes

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The Constitutional Convention

• Getting to Work!

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Revise or Restart?

• Revise the Articles
• Restart with New Document

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Edmund Randolph Speaks

• Moves for a new document
• Strong National Government

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The Birth of the Legislative Branch

• Our Lawmaking Branch
• Arguably most important of the 3 in a republic.

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The Virginia Plan

• Authored by James Madison
• From VA
• What do we know about Virginia?

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The Virginia Plan (Throw em out!)

• 2 house legislature
• Proportional Representation in Lower
• Lower Elected by People
• Upper Elected by Lower
• Chief Executive
• Court System

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New Jersey Plan (Revise em)

• Proposed by William Patterson
• From NJ
• What do we know about NJ?

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New Jersey Plan

• 1 House Legislature
• 1 vote 1 state
• Congress elects weak Executive branch of more
  than 1 person
• No plan for judicial system

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The Great Compromise!

• Roger Sherman proposes
• CT

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The Great Compromise

• 2 House Legislature
• Lower based upon Population
• Upper 2 per state

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VA Plan v NJ Plan

• Outcome
• The structure of our Legislative Branch
• Basic structure for Executive and Judicial

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Reminders

• Historical Fiction Due Tuesday
• Collage that is half a piece of poster board with
  pictures related to your book and the time period
• 3 Minute Presentation
• 1 minute summary
• 1 minute connecting major events in book to
  actual history
• 1 minute talking about actual history / accuracy
  as presented in book

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Reminders

• Constitutional Delegates activity due Tuesday

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Constitution Center Trip Reminders!

• No Permission you dont go.
• Head to cafeteria after 1st Period
• What to Bring
• Something to write with
• Money for Lunch (No mo than 15)
• Dress school and weather appropriate
• Packet
• Understanding on behaviour

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For the Remainder

• Constitutional Convention Word Search

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Warm Up

• Prep Fo Notes

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The Constitutional Convention

• Representation and Slavery

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Issue

• If lower house is by population who counts as
  population?

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North v. South

• Who counted for representation?
• North Slaves do not count, property
• South Slaves should count

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Slavery in the South

• Brutal system of forced labor

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The Abolitionist Movement

• Abolitionist Movement
• Manumission
• 1780 PA Act for Gradual Emancipation

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Issue Slavery in the South

• Many Northern States wanted to ban slavery
• South demanded slavery continue
• Would not discuss slave trade for 20 years

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Representation Solved

• 3/5 Compromise
• Slaves would count as 3/5 a person

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Math Time!

• If VA has a white population of 300,000 and a
  slave population of 200,000 while PA has a
  population of 430,000, which state has a larger
  population?

• If SC has a white population of 350,000 and a
  slave population of 400,000 while New York has a
  population of 550,000 which has a larger
  population?

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Civics in Action Packet