Transcript Chapter 8: Creating the Constitution

Chapter 8:
Creating the Constitution
Mr. Meza
8th Grade U.S. History
The United States After the Revolution
1. Compromise
• A settlement of
differences by mutual
concessions
2. How did Americans feel about a
central government?
• They feared
that a central
government
would take
away the rights
they fought for
3. What were the Articles of
Confederation?
• The first written plan
of government f0r the
United States
• Each state had 1 vote
• Congress could
declare war and print
money
• Congress was unable
to impose taxes
4. Where is the Northwest
Territory ?
• A region of the
U.S. bounded by
the Ohio and
Mississippi
rivers and the
Great Lakes
5. What is the Land Ordinance of
1785?
• Law that divided
the Northwest
Territory into
smaller territories
called townships 6
sq miles by 6 sq
miles
• It affected the
Northwest territory
6. What was the Northwest
Ordinance of 1787?
• Divided the
northwest into
smaller territories
with a governor
• 5,000 free adult
males = elect own
legislature
• 60,000 people =
apply to become a
state
7. What impact did Shays’s
Rebellion have on the government?
• Delegates met in
Philadelphia in
May 1787
• Intended to
revise the
Articles of
Confederation
8. What was the Constitutional
Convention?
• Started: May 25,
1787
• Meeting at which
delegates would end
up writing the U.S.
Constitution
9. Who was James Madison?
• From Virginia
• He was the best
prepared delegate at
the Constitutional
Convention
• “The father of the
Constitution”
10. What was the Virginia Plan?
• Drafted by James Madison
• To have a strong central
government with 3
branches/parts
▫ Legislative branch
(Congress) = make laws
▫ Executive branch = carry
out laws
▫ Judicial branch/courts =
apply and interpret laws
11. How was Congress to be under
the Virginia Plan?
• Made up of two houses:
▫ The House of
Representatives
▫ The Senate
• A state’s population
would determine the
number of lawmakers
to represent that state
in Congress
12. What was the New Jersey Plan?
• Like the Virginia
plan, it called for
a central
government with
the same three
branches
13. How was Congress different
under the N.J. Plan?
• Instead of two
houses, there would
only be one house
• Each state would
have an equal vote
in Congress,
regardless of the
state’s size
14. What was the Great
Compromise?
• Agreement on how both the
people and the states would
be represented in Congress
• House of Representative =
represent the people (based
on the state’s population)
• The Senate = represents the
states (two senators for each
state)
15. What was the three-fifths
compromise?
• Determined that enslaved
persons would count as
three-fifths of a person to
determine a state’s
population
16. What is the Electoral College?
• Group
established by
the Constitution
to elect the
president and
vice president
17. What is ratify?
• To formally
approve a plan
or an agreement
18. Who were the Federalists?
• Supporters of the
Constitution.
• James Madison,
Alexander Hamilton,
and John Jay led the
Federalist campaign
19. The Federalist Papers
• A series of newspaper
essays written by
Madison, Alexander, and
Jay explaining how the
Constitution would
remedy the weaknesses of
the Articles of
Confederation
20. Who were the anti-Federalist?
• Opponents of the
Constitution
• Argued that the plan
listed the powers of
Congress but not the
rights of the people