1. Splash Screen

2. Big Ideas
Government and Society In the new Constitution, the Framers tried to uphold the rights of the states while providing needed national authority.
Section 2-Main Idea

3. Content Vocabulary popular sovereignty federalism separation of powers
checks and balances
veto
amendment
Section 2-Key Terms

4. People and Events to Identify
Academic Vocabulary
financier
People and Events to Identify
James Madison
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Section 2-Key Terms

5. Section 2-Polling Question
Do you feel that the Framers created a fair system of government?
A. Yes
B. No A B
Section 2-Polling Question

6. The Constitutional Convention
The delegates to the convention tried to create a stronger national government that gave fair representation to big and small states.
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7. The Constitutional Convention (cont.)
People who supported a stronger central government became known as “nationalists.”
One of the most influential nationalists was James Madison.
Alexander Hamilton recommended that Congress call for a convention, later known as the Constitutional Convention. Every state except Rhode Island attended.
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8. The Constitutional Convention (cont.)
The 55 delegates who attended the convention in Philadelphia included some of the shrewdest and most distinguished leaders in the United States.
George Washington was chosen as the presiding officer.
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9. The Constitutional Convention (cont.)
The Virginia Plan, mostly the work of James Madison, proposed the following:
The legislature be divided into two houses
Scrapping the Articles of Confederation and creating a new national government
The plan was accepted.
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10. Which state did not attend the Constitutional Convention?
A. Pennsylvania
B. Massachusetts
C. Rhode Island
D. North Carolina A B C D
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11. Section 2-End

12. Figure 6

13. Figure 7