1. Aim: How did the Constitutional Convention address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Do Now:
Review responses from Crash Course Video
Define the word: COMPROMISE
Describe a time in your life where you had to make a compromise .
Homework:
Quiz Friday, October 12thh (Articles of Confederation and Constitutional Convention)
Watch “Crash Course in Government and Politics: Constitutional Compromises” and complete the Google Form on our class website.

2. Define the word: COMPROMISE
Compromise: an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
Describe a time in your life where you had to make a compromise .

3. What was the Conflict about? The Great Compromise – Solution
Representation in Congress
Virginia Plan
(Large States)
Representation based on population in two house legislature
Three Branches of government
New Jersey Plan
(Small States)
Representation equal for each state in a one house legislature
Three Branches of government
The Great Compromise – Solution
Bicameral Legislature (Two Houses)
House of Representatives based on population
Senate would be equal number for each state

4. The Three-Fifth Compromise – Solution
The Conflict
What was the Conflict about?
Should Slaves Count Towards Representation
Northern States View
Slaves had no rights of citizenship, including voting and should not count
Southern States View
Wanted slaves to count towards representation to have more representation in Congress
The Three-Fifth Compromise – Solution
Count three-fifths of slaves in a state’s population
(Every 5 slaves would count as 3 towards population)

5. The Slave Trade Compromise – Solution
The Conflict
What was the Conflict about?
Should the Slave Trade Continue
Northern States View
Already outlawed slavery
Wanted slave trade to end
Southern States View
Slave trade was important to their agricultural economy
The Slave Trade Compromise – Solution
Slave trade would continue until 1808

6. Discussion Questions:
Explain how the Great Compromise satisfied both the large and small states:
The Great Compromise settled the method of representation in the legislative branch (Congress). Under the compromise, all states were represented equally in the Senate. This made the smaller states happy. In the House of Representatives, representation was based on population. This pleased the bigger states.

7. Discussion Questions:
Identify and describe two compromises the North and South made involving slavery:
Three-fifth Compromise – 3 out of every 5 slaves would count towards a states population for representation and taxation.
Slave Trade Compromise – North wanted to stop the importation of slaves and the South wanted to continue the importation of slaves – they agreed the slave trade would end in (20 Years)

8. Discussion Questions:
Why do you think there was such a difference in opinion between the North and South over slavery?
North and South had different views on slavery because of their geography. The South had large plantations and free labor was the cornerstone of their economy.

9. Discussion Questions:
Which of the three compromises do you believe was the best at satisfying what both sides wanted? Why?

10. Discussion Questions:
Which of the three compromises do you believe was the worst at satisfying what both sides wanted? How would you change it to make it fairer?

11. Closing Questions:
How did the Constitutional Convention address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?