Name: ________________________________

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Constitutional Compromises Guided Notes B
Directions: You will fill in the missing words and phrases from the
notes being presented.
Virginia Plan
The ________________ of the Virginia Plan was to determine
_________________________ was going to be
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Wanted a ________________ national government with representation
_____________________.
Because the Virginia Plan called for a representation
_______________________________________________________ did not support the
plan in fear that their _______________________________.
The national government would be divided into ____________________________
branches:
1. Judicial: __________________________________________. ie Supreme Court
2. ____________________: Head of State. ie President
3. Legislative: _______________ The legislative branch would be divided into
___________. ie Congress
The three branches would ________________ on each other to ensure one
branch was not given ________________________.
The ___________________ supported the Virginia Plan because of the emphasis
on a ______________________________________.
New Jersey Plan

The New Jersey Plans ________________ was to determine

_________________________ was going to be ___________________ in the national
government.
The New Jersey Plan wanted a _______________ national government with
______________ ________________________________________.
Because the New Jersey Plan called for national government with
____________________ the _________________ states supported the New Jersey
Plan. The _______________________ supported the New Jersey Plan because it
__________________ all voices would be heard.
Like the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan called for __________________ of
government so _________________________________would not have all of the
________________________.
1.
2.
3.
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____________________
____________________
____________________:
The ___________________________ would only have _________________
house.

The _________________________ wanted a __________________ national

government and as a result was supported by the _________________________.
Connecticut Plan
The __________________ of the Connecticut Plan was to _______________ how
each state was going to be ____________________ in the national government
_____________ to _____________________________ between the supporters of the
___________________ and _________________________.
The Connecticut Plan is often called the ________________________ because it
settled the _______________________ the supporters of the _________________
Plan and ____________________ Plan.

The Connecticut Plan called for a ________________________. The central

government would be ____________________________________________ branches:
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________:
- The Legislative Branch would be divided into _________ houses.
__________________ would have ________________ representation.
_____________________ for the other house would be
_______________________________.
Both the ___________________________________ would have supported the
Connecticut Plan because of the compromise on how the people would be
_________________________.
The _________________________ would have supported the Connecticut Plan
because the ______________________________________ would be
_____________________.
3/5 Compromise
The purpose of the _______________________ was to determine how the
_________________ were going to be counted.
The 3/5 Compromise stated ________________ could be
_________________________ the population of a state for representation in the
legislature as well as for _______________. However, a slave would
_________________ as _______________ of a person.
The _______________________ would have supported the 3/5 compromise
because the 3/5 Compromise ______________ that the ____________ would be
counted to help determine ___________________________________ in the
legislature.
Commerce Compromise

The definition of commerce is,

"______________________________________________. Synonym: ________________.
The purpose of Commerce Compromise was to determine how the
__________________________ was going to ___________________________.
The Commerce Compromise stated that Congress could regulate
_________________ _____________________________________ (between states) and
________________, this made the __________________________ States happy.
Congress would NOT __________________________, this made the
_______________ happy.
The Commerce Compromise made ________________________ the Northern
States and __________________________ happy because the national
government would ___________________ with other countries and the
__________________________ and slave trade were going to be protected.

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