Warm-Up (5) What were the problems with the Articles of Confederation?

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Warm-Up (5) What were the problems with the Articles of Confederation? How did Shays’ Rebellion prove that this plan was ineffective (bad)? When and where was the Constitutional Convention? How can the Founding Fathers make the Constitution better than the Articles of Confederation? Name four Founding Fathers present at the Convention

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Three Branches of Government Executive (President) Legislative (Congress) Judicial (Supreme Court)

1st Argument Issue was over representation (power) in Congress (the Legislative branch)

Virginia Plan House of Representatives based on population Helps larger states

New Jersey Plan Senate based on equality Helps smaller states

The Great Compromise Congress (Legislative branch) was split into two houses (bicameral legislature) House of Representatives (based on population) Senate (based on equality; every state gets two)

3/5ths Compromise Slave states wanted to count slaves towards their populations to get more representatives Non-slave states wanted them counted as property Solution: count slaves as 3/5ths (60%) of a person

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Amending (changing) the Constitution A change is proposed (brought up) by Congress (Legislative Branch) 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress (Senate and the House of Representatives) 3/4ths vote of the states

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