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 anyone 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:

To solve this, we analyze each blank based on US history (Constitutional Convention, compromises):

1. First blank: In 1787, states met to revise the Articles of Confederation (the first national government framework).
2. Second blank: They created the U.S. Constitution to replace the Articles.
3. Third blank: The Great Compromise established the two - house Congress.
4. Fourth blank: The Senate has two representatives per state.
5. Fifth blank: The House of Representatives has members based on state population.
6. Sixth blank: Northern states (with fewer enslaved people) didn't want enslaved people counted for representation.
7. Seventh blank: Southern states (with more enslaved people) wanted enslaved people counted.
8. Eighth blank: The Three - Fifths Compromise addressed counting enslaved people for representation.
9. Ninth blank: Enslaved people were not considered citizens (they had no voting rights or legal status as such).

Answer:

s (filled in order):

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