1. CHAPTER 7 LESSON 2

2. The Need for Change Read pg. 190 What were their concerns? What is an economic depression? What did the Confederation government have to do with the little money that it had? What were two reasons that trade decreased at this time? Why was the Confederation government too weak to deal with the country’s economic problems?

3. Shay’s Rebellion Read pg. 190-191 What was the cause of Shay’s Rebellion? What was the effect of the rebellion?

4. Slavery in the New Republic Read pg. 191-192 How did Revolutionary War call attention to the issue of slavery? What did people do to bring an end to slavery? What was the purpose of the manumission law in Virginia? How did the questions about slavery affect the Confederation?

5. Slavery in the New Republic Read pg. 191-192 Why did the South cling to the practice of slavery?

6. Virginia and New Jersey Plan and Agreeing to Compromise Goal for Today What are the two major differences in the Virginia and New Jersey Plans? Why was the issue of representation so difficult to resolve? What compromises were reached in the new Constitution?

7. The Virginia and the New Jersey Plan pg. 194-195 List the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan What are two major differences in these plan for the legislative branch? Why was the issue of representation so difficult to resolve?

8. Agreeing to Compromise pg. 196-197 What is a compromise? How did the delegates settle the difficult issue of representation? Explaining what the Great Compromise and the Three- Fifths Compromise What did the Great Compromise propose about the upper and lower house of the legislature? In what way was the Great Compromise an agreement in which each side gives up something? Why did the Southern states what to count enslaved people as part of their population? What is the bill of rights? Why would this be needed?

9. The Constitutional Convention pg. 193 Why do you think the presence of George Washington would make people trust the convention’s work? Who was called the “Father of the Constitution,” and what made his contribution valuable?