Question

complete the passage by dragging each term into the appropriate blank.in 1787, states sent representatives to philadelphia to revise the ______. but after the representatives arrived, they realized the articles could not be saved, so they agreed to completely change the national government. what resulted was the creation of the ____. there were a number of compromises that would be made before the new government could be created.one of these was regarding how population would be counted, particularly for representation in the new congress: remember that the ____ created a 2-house congress: the ____ would contain two representatives from every state, while the ____ would have its members based on the population of a state. but in many states, a large percentage of the population consisted of enslaved people who were not considered citizens. how should they be counted in terms of determining the representation a state would receive in part of congress?____ states did not want any enslaved people counted for the purposes of representation, only free citizens. however, ____ states believed they should figure towards congressional representation. after much debate, the two sides reached a compromise, which became known as the ____. this said that for every five enslaved people in a state, three would counted as population for purposes of determining congressional representation. but remember: this did not mean that any enslaved could vote or were considered to be ______. enslaved people were still treated as property in slave-holding states and had no legal rights.great compromise, articles of confederation, southern, senate, citizens, u.s. constitution, northern, three-fifths compromise, house of representatives

Explanation:

This passage covers key events and compromises of the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Each blank is filled with the term that matches the historical context:

1. The 1787 meeting was initially to revise the existing national governing document.
2. The full replacement of that document produced a new foundational charter.
3. A major compromise established the bicameral U.S. Congress.
4. The upper house of Congress has equal representation per state.
5. The lower house of Congress is based on state population.
6. Northern states opposed counting enslaved people for representation.
7. Southern states wanted enslaved people counted to gain more representation.
8. The compromise on counting enslaved people was a specific fractional agreement.
9. This compromise did not grant enslaved people the status of voting members of society.

Answer:

1. Articles of Confederation
2. U.S. Constitution
3. Great Compromise
4. Senate
5. House of Representatives
6. Northern
7. Southern
8. Three-Fifths Compromise
9. citizens