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What was the purpose of calling a Constitutional Convention?
The Constitutional convention was called to create and write the law of the land (Constitution).
What was the major problem delegates had to solve at the constitutional convention?
They had to create a new Document
Which of these issues had the potential to end the constitutional convention without solving any problem?
Slave Trade
What was not a problem that led to the Constitutional Convention?
The U.S government was oppressing its citizens
What solved the problem of how states would be represented in congress?
how was the constitutional convention of state representation settled
Why historian interpretation was slavery a problem?
Because the men at the constitutional convention never considered getting rid of slavery
How did the delegates to the constitutional convention solve the problem of how to count slaves for taxes?
The Convention settled on the Three-Fifths rule. A Slave counted as Three-Fifths of a Free Citizen.
What was the roger sherman main contribution of the convention?
Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed the Great Compromise (also known as the Connecticut Compromise) at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The Great Compromise solved the problem of how states would be represented in the national legislature; it called for equal representation in one house of Congress (the Senate) and representation based on population in the other house (the House of Representatives). The other two famous plans at the Convention were the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. The Virginia Plan, which was favored by states with large populations, dealt with the issue of representation by proposing a two-house legislative, in which the number of representatives each state received in both houses depended on its population; and the New Jersey Plan, favored by states with small populations, featured a unicameral legislature, in which each state received one vote.
What practical problem was faced by the constitutional convention?
The founding fathers had to settle the disagreement over states rights versus federal rights, and which has power over certain situations.
What is the first step in proposing solutions effectively?
idenify the problem or dilemma
What is the social problem that Swift is proposing to solve?
Social class inequality
How did the delegates to the constitutional convention solve the problem of how states would be represented in congress?
At the Constitutional Convention, the delegates agreed to the Connecticut Compromise. The compromise stated that representation in the House would be proportional based on population, and that each state would be represented equally in the Senate.
