Creating the Constitution Worksheet

List reasons why the Articles of Confederation did not last:

Use the word bank to fill in the blank in the sections below:

Antifederalists / Bicameral / Bill of Rights / Combine / Compromised / Constitution
Constitution / Constitution / Court / Equal / Equal / Larger
Larger / Legislature / Less / More / More / National
New Jersey / Northern / Northern / Not / Opposed / Opposed
Population / Population / Population / Population / Power / Power
President / Property / Representation / Representation / Rights / Sign
Slaves / Slaves / Slaves / Smaller / Smaller / Southern
State / States / States / Tax / Trade / Virginia
2 / 3 / 5 / 10

Virginia Plan

Legislature would be created with ______based on each state’s ______. ______states favored this plan as they would have ______representation in Congress. ______states ______this plan as they would have ______power against larger states. The plan also called for a ______and national ______system.

New Jersey Plan

______would be created with ______representation for all ______. ______states favored this plan as they would not have to fear losing ______to larger states. ______states opposed this plan as they thought they should have ______representation than smaller states. This plan also included giving Congress the right to ______and regulate ______.

Great Compromise

Delegates decided to ______plans in an effort to please everyone. A ______legislature was created with ______houses. The House of Representatives was based on the ______plan, and ______was determined by a state’s ______. The Senate was based on the ______plan, and each ______had ______representation.

3/5ths Compromise

______states wanted to count ______as part of their ______. ______states ______this idea since ______were not even considered people in the South, but ______. Since ______did not have rights, ______states argued that they should ______be counted in a state’s ______. Both sides agreed to count ______of every ______slaves, or each slave would represent 3/5ths of a person.

Bill of Rights

______opposed the ______because they felt it gave too much ______to the ______government and took power away from the ______. They refused to ______the ______until personal ______were protected. Both sides ______and added the ______, the first ______amendments to the ______.