Creating the Constitution

Why did the Confederation Congress call for a Constitutional Convention?

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What was the debate between North and South over counting slave populations?

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How did delegates' views differ on the issue of the foreign slave trade?

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Why did the framers of the Constitution create a system of checks and balances?

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Did the Constitution resolve the weakness in the Articles of Confederation? (Explain minimum 5 sentences)

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Press

• applying pressure to something

• news industry of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public through print media, broadcast news and the Internet

• an organization of mediums that are aimed at providing completely false information and satire

• how they make sandwiches in Cuba

a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers

• bicameral legislature

• unicameral legislature

• tricameral legislature

• quadcameral legislature

the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state

• Central Government

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judiciary

establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions

• National Supremacy

• Legislative

• Judiciary

• Executive

a plan giving supreme power to the central government and creating a bicameral legislature made of 2 groups, or houses, of representatives

• Virginia Plan

• Jersey Plan

• Louisiana Plan

• Rhode Island Plan