AP Gov 1.5
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What was the Constitutional Convention?
Originally made to examine the weaknesses of the AOC, quickly became an effort to make a new constitution
What were the main compromises made?
Great Compromise
Electoral College
Three-Fifths Compromise
Importation of Enslaved People
What was the Great Compromise?
Resolved the dispute of representatives in state
What were the 2 plans proposed in the Great Compromise and how did they evolve?
Virgina Plan: Reps should be appointed by population (House of Rep)
Large States > Small States
NJ Plan: Reps should be appointed equally (Senate)
Small State > Large States
What is the combination of the senate and house of rep called?
Bicameral Legislature
What compromise created the Electoral College?
How to elect the president
each state gets a equal amount of electors in congress
How is a president elected?
Popular Vote
Vote by Congress
State Legislature
What was the 3/5 compromise?
Resolved how enslaved people would be represented as 3/5 of a person
What was the Importation of Enslaved People
That the slave trade would not be abolished for 20 years (1808)
How would they amend the constitution?
through a two-step process:
Proposal: (By Congress or State Conventions)
