1. Chapter 8 Confederation to Constitution
Section 2
Creating the Constitution

2. Chapter 8 Section 2 Vocabulary
Constitutional Convention
2) James Madison

3. 3) Virginia Plan 4) New Jersey Plan

4. 5) Great Compromise 6) Three-Fifths Compromise

5. Chapter 8 Section 2 Objectives Questions 1-6
1) What events encouraged leaders to call a Constitutional Convention?
2) Who were some of the key delegates? 

6. 3) What group of Americans were not represented at the Convention
3) What group of Americans were not represented at the Convention? 4) What challenge faced the delegates at the Convention?

7. Chapter 8 Section 2 Objectives Questions 1-6
 5) Why did the delegates select George Washington as president of the Convention?
6) Why did the delegates vote to make discussions at the Convention secret?

12. Chapter 8 Section 2 Objective Questions 7-12
7) How did the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan differ? 8) Why did the issues of representation in Congress divide the large states from the smaller states?

13. 9) How did the Great Compromise satisfy the concerns of the large and the smaller states? 10) How did the states resolve the debate over representation for enslaved Americans?

14. Chapter 8 Section 2 Objective Questions 7-12
11) How did the states compromise over the issue of slave trade? 12) What did Southern states give up in debates over trade issues?