The Constitution Guided Reading 2 - Mater Lakes
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The Constitution
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Lesson 2 Creating a New Constitution
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
? Why do people create, structure, and change governments?
The Constitutional Convention
The confederation of states needed a stronger central government. Each state sent delegates to a convention in Philadelphia to come up with a solution.
1. Describing What sorts of people attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
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2. Inferring The chart below lists three rules followed by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention. Write the possible reasons for each rule.
Rule Each state gets one vote, no matter how many delegates attend the convention.
A simple majority of seven votes passes a measure.
Reason
Discussions are secret, unattended by the public.
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Compromising for a Constitution
Delegates presented two important plans for organizing a central government. They knew they would have to compromise in order to get the plan approved by all of the states.
3. Explaining Why did small states fear the Virginia Plan?
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4. Listing Name two features of the New Jersey Plan.
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5. Evaluating What made the Great Compromise acceptable to both large and small states?
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6. Analyzing At the time of the Constitutional Convention, Southern states wanted to include enslaved African Americans in population counts. Why did Northern states oppose the measure?
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7. Organizing Complete the chart below on trade compromises made between Northern and Southern states at the Constitutional Convention.
Trade Issues
The North says . . .
The South says . . .
Congress should regulate foreign trade and trade between states
Congress would use this power to tax exports. Southern economy depends on exports. Congress might try to stop traders from bringing more slaves into the South.
Trade Compromises
The North agrees that . . .
The South agrees that . . .
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Federalists and Anti-Federalists
After deciding on all the details, the delegates formed a group to write the new Constitution. For the document to become law, at least nine states had to ratify, or approve, it.
8. Generalizing Who were the Federalists and what were their arguments in support of the proposed Constitution? _____________________________________________
9. Identifying In the opinion of the Anti-Federalists, what important measures were missing from the proposed Constitution? _____________________________________________
10. Explaining What compromise finally made the Constitution the law of the land? _____________________________________________
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