Name: _______________________ Date: _________________

American Pageant: Chapter 9

Constitutional Convention: pp. 166 - 177

1) Explain why the inability to regulate commerce was a problem.

2) Skip to the section entitled “The World’s Ugly Duckling.” Summarize our issues with and in foreign policy.

3) Describe some of the issues between states, especially between New York and New Jersey.

4) What, according to the Congress, was the job of the convention in Philadelphia?

5) How were delegates appointed?

6) What was Alexander Hamilton’s plan for government? You will need to look this one up on the web or elsewhere.

7) Describe the “Patriots in Philadelphia” - what was their background, whom did they represent?

8) Describe the Large-state or Virginia plan - in detail.

9) Describe the small-state, or “New Jersey” plan.

10) Define and explain the “great compromise.”

11) Explain the main arguments used in the debate on slavery that resulted in the 3/5 compromise.

12) Do you think that this was a reasonable compromise given what was being discussed? Explain.