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GIV
E
AND
TAKE:
Our
Government Through
Compromise
VUS5bSlide2
How
did
the delegates
to
the
Constitutional
Convention balance competing interests?
Wha
t
compromises needed
to
be
made?Slide3
Key
Leaders:
George
Washington
Washington preside
d
a
t
the Conventio
n
and, althoug
h
seldom
participating
in
the debates,
lent his
enormous
prestig
e
t
o
the
proceedings.Slide4
Ke
y
Leaders:
James Madison
Virginian
and
a brilliant
political
philosopher
,
ofte
n
led
the
debate
and
kept copious
notes
of
the
proceedings—th
e
best
record
historians have
of
what
transpired
at the
Constitutional Convention.
“Father of the Constitution”Slide5
James Madison:
A
t
th
e
Convention,
Madison
authored
the
“
Virginia
Plan
”,
which
propose
d
a
federal governmen
t
o
f
three separat
e
branches
(legislative,
executive, judicial)
and
became the
foundation
for the structure
of
the new government
.
He
later authored much of
the Bill of Rights.
“Father of the
Constitution”Slide6
th
e
Constitutio
n
p
r
ov
e
ou
r
belief
that
the
power
to
govern
comes
f
r
o
m
th
e
people!
Th
e
Constitutio
n
o
f
the
United
States of Americ
a established
a government tha
t shared
power between
the national
government an
d state governments, protected
the rights of states,
and provide
d a syste
m for orderly
change through
amendments
to the Constitution itself.
The
first wo
rds
of the
Preamble
toSlide7
Key
Issues
and
Resolutions:
Mad
e
federa
l
la
w
th
e
suprem
e
la
w
of th
e
land
(
Supremacy
Claus
e
)
,
but
otherwise
gave
the
states
considerable leeway
to govern
themselves
Balanced
power
between
large
and
small
states
by
creating
a
Senate
-
wher
e
each
stat
e
get
s
tw
o
senators, and
a
House
of
Representatives
-
w
i
t
h
membership
based
on
population
(the
“
Great
Compromise
”)Slide8
Key
Issues
and
Resolutions:
Placated
the Southern
states
by counting
the
slaves
a
s
three-fifth
s
o
f
the
population
when determining
representatio
n
i
n
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives (
Three-fifths
Compromis
e
)Slide9
Key
Issues
and
Resolutions:
Avoided
a
too- powerful
central
governmen
t
by establishin
g
three co-equa
l
branches (
separation
of power
s
)
This
table
shows the division
of governmental
responsibilities.
*
N
ume
r
ou
s
Che
c
ks
and
Balances a
re th
e rule
s that
prevent
an
y one
branch f
rom
becoming too
pow
erf
ul!
Legislati
ve Branch
Execut
ive Branch
Jud
icial Branch
Makes t
he laws
Enforce
s the laws
Interpret s th
e laws
Congress
Presid
ent
CourtsSlide10
Key
Issues
and
Resolutions:
The
Constitution
limited
th
e
power
s
o
f
th
e
federal
government
to
those
identified
i
n
the
Constitution.
So
that
the
government could
adjust
to
changing times, an
orderly method
of changing the
Constitution by adding
amendments has been
included.