Name: ________________________________

Period: ____
Constitutional Compromises Guided Notes A
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 how each state was going to be
_________________ in the national government.
Wanted a ____________ national government with
representation _____________________.
Because the Virginia Plan called for a
representation based on population the smaller
states did not support the plan in fear that their
voices would not be heard.
The national government would be divided into
____________________________ branches:

1.Judicial:
__________________________________________. ie
Supreme Court
2.____________________: Head of State. ie
President
3.Legislative: Makes the laws. The legislative
branch would be divided into ___________. ie
Congress
The three branches would ________________ on each
other to ensure one branch was not given too
much power.
The ___________________ supported the Virginia Plan
because of the emphasis on a
______________________________________.
New Jersey Plan:

The New Jersey Plans ________________ was to

determine how each state was going to be
___________________ in the national government.
The New Jersey Plan wanted a _______________
national government with ______________
representation from each state.
Because the New Jersey Plan called for national
government with ____________________ the
_________________ states supported the New Jersey
Plan. The smaller states 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 one person
would not have all of the power.
1.____________________
2.____________________
3.____________________:
- The Legislative branch would only have
_________________ house.

The New Jersey Plan 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
AND to _____________________________ between the
supporters of the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan.
The Connecticut Plan is often called the
________________________ because it settled the
dispute between the supporters of the Virginia Plan
and New Jersey Plan.
The Connecticut Plan called for a
________________________. The central government
would be divided up into three branches:
1.___________________
2.___________________
3.___________________:

- The Legislative Branch would be divided into

_________ houses. One house would have
________________ representation.
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
represented.
The _________________________ would have
supported the Connecticut Plan because the
national government would be
_____________________.
3/5 Compromise
The purpose of the _______________________ was to
determine how the _________________ were going to
be counted.
The 3/5 Compromise stated that slaves could be
_________________________ the population of a state

for representation in the legislature as well as for

_______________. However, a slave would
_________________ as 3/5 of a person.
The _______________________ would have supported
the 3/5 compromise because the 3/5 Compromise
______________ that the slaves would be counted to
help determine representation 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 _________________ interstate
commerce (between states) and ________________,
this made the Northern States happy. Congress

would NOT __________________________, this made

the _______________ happy.
The Commerce Compromise made
________________________ the Northern States and
Southern States happy because the national
government would ___________________ with other
countries and the __________________________ and
slave trade were going to be protected.

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