Kohl+Bittenbender


 * __Articles Vs. Constitution__**

Legislature (makes the laws) Articles : Legislature - Unicameral [One House], called Congress Constitution : Legislature - Bicameral [Two Houses], called Congress, divided into the House of Representatives and the Senate Members of Congress Articles : Between two and seven members per state Constitution : Two Senators per state, Representatives apportioned according to population of each state Voting in Congress Articles : One vote per state Constitution : One vote per Representative or Senator Appointment of members Articles : All appointed by state legislatures, in the manner each legislature directed Constitution : Representatives elected by popular vote, Senators appointed by state legislatures Term of legislative office Articles : One year Constitution : Two years for Representatives, six for Senators Term limit for legislative office Articles : No more than three out of every six years Constitution : None Congressional Pay Articles : Paid by states Constitution : Paid by the federal government Executive Articles : None Constitution : President

http://mrkash.com/activities/comparing.html

 **Compromises/Plans Summery** **New Jersey Plan:** Unicameral, The national government could levy taxes and import duties, regulate trade, and state laws would be subordinate to laws passed by the national legislature.

**Virginia Plan:** Bicameral, The legislature could regulate interstate trade, strike down laws deemed unconstitutional and use armed forces to enforce laws. **The Great (Connecticut) Compromise:** It proposed a [|bicameral legislature], resulting in the current United States [|Senate] and [|House of Representatives]. This agreement allowed [|deliberations] to continue and thus led to the [|Three-Fifths Compromise].

**The 3/5ths Compromise:**  Between [|Southern] and [|Northern states] reached during the [|Philadelphia Convention] of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of [|slaves] would be counted for [|enumeration] purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the [|apportionment] of the members of the [|United States House of Representatives].  <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">**The Commerce/Slave trade Compromise:** <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The two issues that the Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise dealt with were whether Congress should be able to regulate trade and whether the United States should continue with slave trading.

=)