Creation of the Constitution

For the Constitutional Convention, the founding fathers met in​ the city of (a)   in (b)   .

• Philadelphia

• Independence Hall

• New York

• Boston

• Congress

What is the “3/5s Compromise?”

• Each slave will count as 3 people for Representation.

• Each slave will count as 3/5s of a person for the Senate.

• Each slave will count as 3 people for the Senate.

• Each slave will count as 3/5s of a person for Representation.

What plan favored small states?

• The "Small State's Plan"

• The "Virginia Plan"

• The "New Jersey Plan"

• The "US Plan"

What plan favored the large states?

• The "Large State's Plan"

• The "Virginia Plan"

• The "New Jersey Plan"

• The "US Plan"

Why did the Founding Fathers decide to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution?

• The states were calling for a new constitution.

• The president had too much power over the states.

• The Articles were only supposed to be a temporary solution.

• The national government under the Articles could not enforce laws.

Why did they create the Constitutional Convention?

• To create the constitution and rewrite the Articles of Confederation

• To create a plan to attack Canada

• To create new taxes on foreign goods

• To create the Declaration of Independence

What was the purpose of creating the U.S. Constitution

• To establish a strong federal government that rules over the Americans living in the states.

• To create a new monarch that would defend the rights and freedoms of Americans.

• To declare to the British king that Americans are free and independent

• to unite Americans in a peaceful nation where citizens are free

Which event resulted in the re-write of the Articles of Confederation and a new constitution?

• The U.S. won the American Revolution.

• Britain turned over all the land it controlled east of the Mississippi River.

• The central government could not stop Shays' Rebellion.

• A meeting called the Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia.

If the new Constitution be examined with accuracy and candor [honesty], it will be found that the change which it proposes consists much less in the addition of NEW POWERS to the Union, than in the invigoration of its ORIGINAL POWERS. . . . The powers relating to war and peace, armies and fleets, treaties and finance, with the other more considerable powers, are all vested in the existing Congress by the articles of Confederation. The proposed change does not enlarge these powers; it only substitutes a more effectual mode of administering them. What viewpoint does this excerpt demonstrate?

• the Federalist viewpoint that federal law should be supreme to state law when they conflict

• the Federalist viewpoint that the Constitution will address the weaknesses of the prior system of government

• the Anti-Federalist viewpoint that a powerful national government poses a threat to the civil liberties of individual citizens

• the Anti-Federalist viewpoint that a powerful national government poses a threat to the civil liberties of individual citizens

Why was incorporating a system of checks and balances important to the framers of the Constitution? Pgs. 266-267,

• They did not want any one branch of government to be larger than the other branches.

• They hoped that by having three branches that could check each other’s power that they would save time and money.

• It set in motion the Three-Fifths Compromise to balance representation in Congress.

• They did not want any one branch to have too much power because of their experience as colonists under British rule.