#7 Unit 2 Chapter 7 Constitution how did compromise play a role in drafting constitution va plan new jersey plan bicameral two house compromise

How did all the states reach a compromise

The Great compromise

The_________ from all states wanted to protect their states' interest.

delegates

unicameral

having a single legislative chamber (One house one vote)

bicameral

having two branches or chambers (two houses)

more representation more _______ in government

power

If a fair representation of the people be not secured, the injustice of Government will shake it to its foundations Edmund Randolph Virginia Delegate July 11, 1787

representation shake it to its foundation we can't figure out this problem issue of representation the small and large states are not happy government will not last because it is not built on a solid foundation.

The Great Compromise did what

resolved the dispute about representation

Three Fifths Compromise said

states were allowed to include some of their enslaved population in their total population each enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a free citizen

New Jersey Plan

supported smaller states called for a unicameral legislature with each state having one vote

The Virginia Plan

supported the interest of the most populated states: called for bicameral legislature with representatives based on states population

Second part that help rectified all the division between the northern and southern states was with the

Great Compromise

Who champion the Great Compromise

Roger Sherman

two questions at constitutional convention that had to be decided

How should representation be decided? more people more representaton or should it be equal how should enslaved person be counted? 1 for 1 or not counted at all

Two houses in the Great Compromise were:

- would have House of Reps. the more people more representation. porportaional prepresentation. big states happy -Senate equal equal representation didn't mater how big or small everyone got two senators.

Compromise has

Bicameral two houses

The compacts which are to embrace thirteen distinct States in a common bond of amity [friendship] and union, must as necessarily be a compromise of as many dissimilar interests and inclinations. - Alexander Hamilton Federalist, No. 85 What is the central point that Hamilton is making? -The thirteen states were too unwilling to reach an agreement. -Compromise was a necessary part of uniting thirteen different states. -The thirteen states are only united because of their feelings of friendship. -Too many compromises were required during the Constitutional Convention.

-Compromise was a necessary part of uniting thirteen different states.

Which of the following summarizes the Great Compromise? -It did not include any of Randolph's suggestions in the New Jersey Plan. -It combined key elements from the "small state" and "large state" plans. -It included every proposal that was part of the Virginia Plan. -It rejected both plans in creating the three branches of government.

-It combined key elements from the "small state" and "large state" plans.

How was the Three-Fifths Compromise like the Great Compromise? -It gave states the power to determine their own populations. -It determined how states would be represented in Congress. -It became a way for northern states to gain more representation. -It determined that states would have equal representation in the Senate.

-It determined how states would be represented in Congress.

States in the southern region had:

-an economy based mostly on agriculture mainly around plantation growing crops cotton, wheat, corn etc. -a large enslaved population -few cities was very diffuse

Compromise play a role in drafting in constitution

-division and debate about representation like va. more power small states said no like rhode island. -a comproise needed. how comproise was created by the great compromise how there was a bicameral leg. one house population one was equal representation. -third part three-fifths compromise dealt with enslaved persons in u.s. how they would be counted 3/5

states in the northern region had:

-more diverse industries- shoemakers, printers, shipbuilders, rope makers, barrel makers etc. -less enslaved labor -more cities-a majority very large city is American were in north Baltimore, Philedlephia, New York, Boston, the large metropolieis.

If a fair representation of the people be not secured, the injustice of Government will shake it to its foundations what did Randolph mean when he wrote shake it to its foundations -express governments highest ideals -overthrow and then rebuild government -return government to its original purpopse -weaken or destroy government

-weaken or destroy government government is unjust if it fail to represent the will of the people

First part. How did compromise play a role in drafting of the constitution Division and Debate

Division and Debate between the large and small states how how the north was industrial economy with diverse number industries How the south was based on agriculture how large slave population. The had to be compromise to help make constitution

New Jersey

Legislature House

Virginia Plan

Legislature House House

The Third part to the compromise was

The Three fifths compromise

slavery debate

north said no slaves shouldn't be counted southern said they should

the ____________ allowed for the compromise to be passed in this time period

Three Fifths Compromise

Problem between states The bigger states thought they should have more representatives since they had more population the smaller states did not agree the smaller say we are a state too no matter how big should have same amount represtentatives True or False

True

The needed something to help the smaller and larger states compromise since the va. plan and new jersey plan they were not going to agree True or False

True

South wanted a consitution to protect

agriculture and enslaved population to protect them

proportional representation

an electoral system in which parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them.

What kind of legislature does the U.S. have today

bicameral

Va Plan details

bicameral legislature supported by larger states called for proportional Representation

Larger and smaller populations in different states can be

compare and contrast

strategy

compare and contrast similarities and differences two columns, lined up next to each other each thing.

The thirteen states had different

needs and priorities

North wanted a constitution that potected

industry

The three fifths compromise was proposed by

james wilson

Virginia was the _______ population state

largest

1790 enslaved in all of different states but in nothern was much _______

less

diffuse

meaning lived on these plantations at huge areas of land all around the countryside.

New Jersey Plan details

unicameral legislature supported by smaller states equal representation