1. Chapter 3 Section 2 Constitutional Disagreements
Creating and Ratifying the Constitution
Chapter 3 Section 2
Constitutional Disagreements

2. KEY Vocabulary
Representation – How many votes a state gets in the legislature.
Legislature – Lawmaking body
Judicial Branch – Branch of Government that interprets the laws
Legislative Branch – Branch of Government that makes the laws.
Executive Branch – Branch of Government that enforces the law.

3. Three Disagreements There were
at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the states tried to establish a new government for the United States.
Three Disagreements

4. 1. Big states and small states didn’t agree about representaion.
Three Disagreements
Problem
Solution
1. Big states and small states didn’t agree about representaion.
Big states supported the Virginia Plan and representation based on population. The small states supported the New Jersey Plan and equal representation for every state.
The Great Compromise Or
The Connecticut Plan

5. Proposed by James Madison
Virginia Plan
Proposed by James Madison
It called for three branches of government: legislative, judicial, and executive.
Legislative Branch would be divided into two houses. Each state’s representation (votes) would be BASED ON POPULATION.
The “big states” were in favor of this plan because they got more votes.

6. Proposed by WilliamPatterson
New Jersey Plan
Proposed by WilliamPatterson
It called for three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial.
It called for a unicameral legislature where each state had EQUAL Representation.
It was popular with the smaller states because it gave all states equal votes.

7. Proposed by Roger Sherman
The Great Compromise
Proposed by Roger Sherman
The Connecticut Plan
It called for three branches of government.
The Legislative Branch would have a bicameral legislature with a Senate and a House of Representatives.
In the Senate, all votes would be based on equal representation.
In the House of Representatives, votes would be based on population.

8. Three Disagreements
Problem
Solution
2. Slave Population – Southerners wanted to count slaves as part of their population to give them more votes in the House of Representatives.Northerners said that because slaves were considered property not people, they should not be considered when deciding how many seats in the House of Representatives the Southern states received.
Northern and Southern states agreed that for every five slaves, three would be counted towards representation. Therefore, 3/5ths of the South’s slave population would be counted towards the seats in the House of Representatives.

9. What is the Electoral College?
Three Disagreements
Problem
Solution
3. Some delegates wanted Congress to choose the President, and others wanted the president to be elected.
The delegates compromised and established the Electoral College.
What is the Electoral College?
It is a group of people named by each state legislature to elect the president. The voters in each state choose electors and the electors cast votes for the president and the vice president.

10. the Constitution was signed.
On September 17, 1787
the Constitution was signed.

11. The Constitution established three branches of government
Legislative Branch
To MAKE Laws
Executive Branch
To ENFORCE Laws
Judicial Branch
To INTERPRET Laws