2.H SLIDES Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Compromises Lesson

by Joseph Grant

​Warm-Up

After watching the video, answer the following questions on your 2.8 NOTES:​

​Why did the Articles of Confederation need to be revised?

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What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

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What did they come up with instead of the planned revisions?

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​Answer the Warm-Ups NOW!

Poll

Time to VOTE! Which option do YOU think is the BEST solution to the issue of representation in the new congress?

• A. Have representation in Congress based on population.

• B. Have an equal number of congressmen from each state.

• C. Create a congress with two parts. One part will be based on population and the other based on an equal number of representatives per state.

• D. Redraw the boundaries of the state so that the population is equal in all states. Then base Representatives in Congress on an equal number of representatives per state.

Poll

Time to VOTE! Which option do YOU think is the BEST solution to the issue of enslaved people counting towards representation in the new congress and towards taxation?

• A. Have representation in Congress based on population.A. Let each state with slaves decide whether they are to be counted in the population or not. The population counts, whether they included slaves or not, would be used for both representation in Congress and tax purposes.

• B. Count slaves as 3/5 a person for population.

• C. Count slaves for taxes but not representation until 1820, after which they will be counted for both.

• D. Count slaves for representation but not for taxed until 1820, after which they will be counted for both.

Poll

Time to VOTE! Which option do YOU think is the BEST solution to the issues of congress's ability to regulate commerce (business), and specifically the slave trade and the legal status of runaway enslaved people?

• A. Do not allow Congress to stop slave trading for 20 years. Runaways to free territory are not free since they are considered by law to be property.

• B. Allow Congress to restrict slave trade. Runaways to free territory can be claimed by their owners, but Northern officials are not forced by law to return slaves themselves.

• C. Allow Congress to restrict slave trade. Runaways to free territory must be returned to their owners.

• D. The Constitution should make no decisions about these issues. Leave it to individual states to decide what to do about these matters.