Creating the Constitution
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Match
Match the Weakness of the Articles of Confederation with the possible outcome
Congress could not collect taxes
No executive Branch
More than 2/3 required to write laws; Unanimous vote needed to change Articles
No National Military
No judicial branch
No may to pay national debt
Enforcing laws was hard; organizing a plan and deciding who was in charge was nearly impossible
hard to create laws; nearly impossible to change
states could ignore requests for troops; no one to look to for help
No one to help resolve disputes between states
No may to pay national debt
Enforcing laws was hard; organizing a plan and deciding who was in charge was nearly impossible
hard to create laws; nearly impossible to change
states could ignore requests for troops; no one to look to for help
No one to help resolve disputes between states
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Open Ended
Based on the previous slide which plan would you agree with: the Virginia plan or the New Jersey plan, why?
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Multiple Choice
Based on the previous slide, what does bicameral mean?
One Body
Two Bodies
Three Bodies
Four Bodies
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Multiple Choice
Based on the previous slide, why would California have more Representatives than Maryland?
it has better weather
it has more beach front property
it has more people
it has more land
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Multiple Select
Which of states would want slaves to be considered part of their population
Connecticut Population 234,946 Slave Pop. 2764
Georgia Population 82,548 Slave Pop 29264
Maryland Population 319,728 Slave 103063
New Hampshire Population 141,885 Slave 158
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Multiple Choice
Based on the slide before, why would the 3/5ths compromise benefit the Southern states?
It would give them more representation in Congress
It would make it seem like they had more people
It would make it look like they treated slaves like people
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