A Constitution for the United States #2

opened on May 25, 1787, in Philadelphia; its purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation

• Constitutional Convention

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

called for a strong national government with three branches that would be responsible for different tasks

• Constitutional Convention

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

called for three branches of governement

• Constitutional Convention

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

a solution in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement

• compromise

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

a plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states

• compromise

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the enslaved residents in any state be counted in its population

• compromise

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

something received by a predecessor or from the past

• legacy

• ethical

• privatize

following accepted standards for conduct or behavior

• legacy

• ethical

• privatize