Carly+Hustedt

·  Representation of states o  AC – each state received one vote regardless of size o  C – Senate with two votes, House of Rep. based on population ·  Raising an army o  AC – Congress could not draft troops o  C – Congress can raise an army with military situations ·  Sovereignty o  AC – Sovereignty resides in state o  C – Constitution the supreme law of the land ·  Passing laws o  AC – 9/13 needed to approve legislation o  C – 50% plus 1 of both houses plus signature of President
 * Articles of Confederation vs. Constitution**

**Plans and Compromises of the Constitution** ·  Virginia Plan o  Government with 3 branches o  Congress bicameral o  House’s representation by population or money o  House of Reps popularly elected o  Senate chosen by House from lists of nominated people ·  New Jersey Plan o  Unicameral Congress, states equally represented o  Added powers to Congress ·  Connecticut Compromise o  Congress has two houses o  Senate’s states equally represented o  House reps equal to size of population of states ·  3/5 Compromise o  3/5 of slaves count as population ·  Commerce and Slave Trade o  Southerners wanted protection o  Congress not allowed to tax exports o  Could not act on slave trade for 20 years