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CONVENTION AND COMPROMISE
Writing the U.S. Constitution
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History
8th Grade
04/13/2010

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Roger Sherman
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Who suggested the Great Compromise?
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9 states
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How many states did congress need to pass a law?
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George Washington
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Who was the presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention?
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Depression
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A period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
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9 states
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Convention delegates agreed that the Constitution must be approved by how many states?
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Farmers' land
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Shays's Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not take away the
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The Great Compromise
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Convention delegates broke the deadlock between large and small states when they approved
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Virginia Plan
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Constitutional Convention delegates voted for a national government based on the..
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Edmund Randolph
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Proposed the Virginia Plan
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George Mason
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Proposed a Bill of Rights
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Alexander Hamilton
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Proposed a meeting to change the Articles of Cofederation.
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James Madison
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Known as the "Father of the Constitution"
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William Paterson
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Proposed the New Jersey Plan
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House of Representatives
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Within this legislative House, each states seats are chosen according to the State's population
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Senate
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 Within this legislative House,  each states seats would have two members.
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Bill  of  Rights
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Protects individual rights
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manumission
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The freeing of individual enslaved persons.
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Quakers
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Organized the first American Anti-Slavery Society
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