Constitutional

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Constitutional Convention
Vocabulary
Articles of Confederation
Compromises
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Articles of Confederation 100

• At the Constitutional Convention they were
  supposed to suggest ways to improve the Articles
  of Confederation. However, once the delegates
  met, what did they decide to do?

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The decided it had too many problems so they
decided to write a new Constitution.
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Articles of Confederation 200

• Why did they make the national government so weak
  under the Articles of Confederation?

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They had just fought a war with Britain because
they felt their government was too powerful so
they were afraid to give the national government
too much power.
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Articles of Confederation 300

• Identify the two main problems our founders faced
  when creating our first government.

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1. The people were fearful of a national
government with too much power.2. They were
afraid that some states would have more power
than others in the new government.
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Articles of Confederation 400

• Identify 2 weaknesses of the Articles of
  Confederation.

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-The federal government did not have the power to
collect taxes so they federal govt had no
money-The federal govt had no courts so they
could not settle disputes between the
states-Each state had their own money so it
made it difficult to trade between the
states-Congress could not regulate trade
between the states.-
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Articles of Confederation 500

• List 4 achievements under the Articles of
  Confederation

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1.The US won the war for independence against
Britain.2. The government made a peace treaty
with Great Britain to end the American
Revolution.3. Each state had to respect the
laws of other states.4. Congress passed the
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 which allowed people
in the western territories to organize their own
governments and when they were ready ask to
become new states.
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Vocabulary 100
Define national government.
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Organization governing an entire country.
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Vocabulary 200

• Define legislature

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The part of the government that makes the laws.
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Vocabulary 300

• Define Treaty

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An agreement.
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Vocabulary 400

• Define delegate and ratification

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Delegates are people chosen to represent others
at a meeting.Ratification is approval.
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Vocabulary 500

• Define majority and compromise

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Majority is more than half.A Compromise is a
way of dealing with a a problem where each side
gives up something in order to reach a solution
which is acceptable to both sides.
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Constitutional Convention 100

• Who is called the Father of the Constitution?

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James Madison
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Constitutional Convention200

• When was the Constitutional Convention?

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1787
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Constitutional Convention 300

• Who served as president of the Constitutional
  Convention?

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George Washington
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Constitutional Convention 400

• Where did the Constitutional Convention take
  place?

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Philadelphia
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Constitutional Convention 500

• Identify 2 reasons the Framers of the
  Constitution wanted to keep their discussions
  private and wait 30 years to release what they
  said.

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-They believed they needed to speak freely to
create the best possible constitution. If
people could listen to them and tell others what
they said, they would not feel as free to discuss
their ideas.-They wanted the new constitution
to be accepted by the people. They were afraid
that the people might not accept it if they knew
all the disagreements the Framers had.
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Compromises 100

• Explain the NJ Plan.

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The NJ Plan said that each state regardless of
size should have equal representation in Congress
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Compromises 200

• Explain the Virginia Plan.

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The Virginia Plan said that representation in
Congress should be based on population. The more
people you had the more representatives you
should have.
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Compromises 300

• Explain the solution to the following problem
  regarding representation in the Legislative
  Branch
• The large states favored the Virginia Plan, which
  stated representation in Congress should be based
  on population. The more people you have the more
  representatives you should have. The small
  states, fearful of being outvoted because of
  their limited population, supported the NJ Plan.
  This plan said that each state should have equal
  representation.

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They created a Legislative Branch with 2 houses.
In the Senate, each state would be represented
equally by 2 Senators. This satisfied the
demands of the small states. In the House of
Representatives, each state was to be represented
on the basis of population. This satisfied the
demands of the large states. No law could be
passed unless a majority of both houses approved
it.
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Compromises 400

• Explain the solution to the following problem.
• Southerners wanted to include slaves in the
  population count even though they would not let
  slaves vote. If slaves were counted, southern
  states would have more representatives in the
  House of Representatives. Northern states
  objected. They argued that, since slaves could
  not vote, they should not be counted when
  determining the number of representatives a state
  should get in the House of Representatives.

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They agreed that three-fifths of the slaves in
any state would be counted. In other words, if a
state had 5,000 slaves, 3,000 of them would be
included in the states population count. This
became known as the Three-Fifths Compromise.
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Compromises 500

• What was the solution to the following problem
  regarding slave trade?
• Some northern states had banned the slave trade
  within their borders. Delegates from these states
  urged that the slave trade be banned in the
  entire nation. Southerners warned that such a
  ban would ruin their economy.

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Northerners agreed that Congress could not
outlaw slave trade for at least 20 years. After
that, Congress could regulate the slave trade if
it wished. Northerners also agreed that no state
could stop a fugitive slave from being returned
to an owner who claimed that slave.
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Pot Luck 100

• When the Declaration of Independence was written
  how many slaves were there in America?

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500,000
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Pot Luck 200

• How many representatives does NJ have in the
  House of Representatives?

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12
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Pot Luck 300

• Name our congressional representative.

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Leonard Lance
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Pot Luck 400

• Name the two NJ Senators.

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Corey Booker andBob Menendez
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Pot Luck 500

• List the three branches of government and their
  basic jobs.

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Legislative Branch passes the lawsExecutive
Branch carries out the lawsJudicial Branch A
system of courts to interpret the laws