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Creating the Constitution and Debating Federal Power

6th Grade · Social Studies · US-DC-SS

11 lessons

Goal

Analyze the structural weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the debates and compromises of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and core constitutional principles.

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  1. Strengths and Structural Weaknesses of the Articles of ConfederationUp next
  2. Shays's Rebellion and the Call for a Constitutional ConventionNot started yet
  3. Key Architects at the Constitutional Convention of 1787You are here
  4. Large States vs. Small States: The Great Compromise and the SenateNot started yet
  5. The Electoral College Compromise: Executive Power and Distrust of VotersNot started yet
  6. Slavery in the Constitution: The Three-Fifths Clause and Slave Trade CompromiseNot started yet
  7. The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Reinforcement of Chattel BondageNot started yet
  8. Principles of the Constitution: Federalism, Checks, and Popular SovereigntyNot started yet
  9. Judicial Independence and the Structure of the Three BranchesNot started yet
  10. Federalists versus Anti-Federalists: Debating Republican Size and LibertyNot started yet
  11. Comparing Governance Systems: U.S. Constitution, Articles, Haudenosaunee, and BritainNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-dc7.35District of Columbia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Identify key individuals at the Constitutional Convention, and evaluate the consequences of the compromises that emerged to secure ratification by the states, including the distribution of political power, rights of the states and the makeup of the Senate and Electoral College.