Forming+A+New+Gov't+Pt.+II+Immersion

=Key Terms & People=

Using the resources listed below, write a definition for each of the following terms or people listed.


 * Constitutional Convention
 * Virginia Plan
 * New Jersey Plan
 * Great Compromise
 * Three-Fifths Compromise
 * commerce compromise
 * popular sovereignty
 * federalism
 * legislative branch
 * executive branch
 * judicial branch
 * checks and balances

=**Main Ideas**=


 * Answer the following questions****. The answers may be written as a complete paragraph, as a list, or as a picture/diagram. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__**


 * 1) Compare and contrast the Virginia Plan to the New Jersey Plan? How did the Great Compromise combine elements of both plans? (Visual Representation Recommended)
 * 2) How did regional differences and the issue of slavery and the slave trade divide the members of the Constitutional Convention? How did the Three-Fifths Compromise resolve the debate?
 * 3) Identify the powers the state and the national government were given under the Constitution. How are these powers similar/different than the powers each had under the Articles of Confederation?
 * 4) Explain how the system of checks and balances within the Constitution demonstrates “limited government” and keeps any branch of government from becoming too powerful?

=**Resources**=


 * [[file:CreatingtheConstitution.pdf]]
 * [[file:New Jersey Plan vs. Virginia Plan.pdf]]
 * [[file:SLAVERY DEBATE AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.pdf]]

**Video Resources**
- Click on the Hippocampus icon below. It will take you to our Hippocampus class page. - Find the video(s) listed below on the left side of the screen under "BOOKMARKS"
 * Instructions**


 * State's Plans
 * Compromise Reigns

Three Ring Government
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How a Bill Becomes a Law
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=Extensions= The information below is //**optional**// reading and is meant only to extend the knowledge you have gained from the primary resources listed above. media type="custom" key="3085596"
 * ABC-CLIO: [|Constitutional Compromises]

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