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Unit 2: A New Nation Chapter 5: Forming a Government Section 3: Creating the Constitution

1. The Constitutional Convention met to improve the government of the United States. 2. The issue of representation led to the Great Compromise. 3. Regional debate over slavery led to the Three-Fifths Compromise. 4. The U.S. Constitution created federalism and a balance of power.
 * __ Objectives __**//Students will learn that . . .//

__** Vocabulary: **__Constitutional Convention, James Madison, Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise, popular sovereignty, federalism, legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch, checks and balances

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