Know the following terms for the quiz Tuesday:
The Articles of Confederation(and their weaknesses!)
The Northwest Territory
The Northwest Ordinance
Shay's Rebellion
The Founding Fathers
The Constitutional Convention
The Virgina Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Great Compromise
The 3/5ths Compromise
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
The Bill of Rights
Making Connections questions, to consider:
The question of slavery posed great challenges to the writers of the Constitution. Many northern states had outlawed it, while many southern states relied on it. Write a paragraph that explains the debate and the compromise on which the Founding Fathers agreed.
In 1787 two highly important documents were published that would set the course the nation. Both the Constitution and the Northwest Ordinance guaranteed basic rights for citizens. What basic rights were included in both the Bill of Rights and the Northwest Ordinance?
Two differing political points of view emerged from the Constitutional Convention. The debate between the Federalists and the Anti Federalists would shape the first generation of the government. In a paragraph, explain the differences of these two approaches to the government.
