Creating the Constitution

Match

Match the Weakness of the Articles of Confederation with the possible outcome

• Congress could not collect taxes

• No executive Branch

• More than 2/3 required to write laws; Unanimous vote needed to change Articles

• No National Military

• No judicial branch

No may to pay national debt

Enforcing laws was hard; organizing a plan and deciding who was in charge was nearly impossible

hard to create laws; nearly impossible to change

states could ignore requests for troops; no one to look to for help

No one to help resolve disputes between states

• No may to pay national debt

• Enforcing laws was hard; organizing a plan and deciding who was in charge was nearly impossible

• hard to create laws; nearly impossible to change

• states could ignore requests for troops; no one to look to for help

• No one to help resolve disputes between states

Open Ended

Based on the previous slide which plan would you agree with: the Virginia plan or the New Jersey plan, why?

Multiple Choice

Based on the previous slide, what does bicameral mean?

• One Body

• Two Bodies

• Three Bodies

• Four Bodies

Multiple Choice

Based on the previous slide, why would California have more Representatives than Maryland?

• it has better weather

• it has more beach front property

• it has more people

• it has more land

Multiple Select

Which of states would want slaves to be considered part of their population

• Connecticut Population 234,946 Slave Pop. 2764

• Georgia Population 82,548 Slave Pop 29264

• Maryland Population 319,728 Slave 103063

• New Hampshire Population 141,885 Slave 158

Multiple Choice

Based on the slide before, why would the 3/5ths compromise benefit the Southern states?

• It would give them more representation in Congress

• It would make it seem like they had more people

• It would make it look like they treated slaves like people