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Read each section in History Alive! CHAPTER 8. The textbook is uploaded on our website. Then answer the question in the corresponding box.

8.4 Opening the Constitutional ConventionWhat beliefs did the delegates share? What ideas divided them?

8.5 Issue: How Should States Be Represented in the New Government? How did the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan differ?

8.6 Resolution: The Great CompromiseWhat compromise did the delegates create to resolve the issue of state representation?

8.7 Issue: How Should Slaves Be Counted?How did the views of delegates from northern states differ from those of delegates from southern states on this issue?

8.8 Resolution: The Three-Fifths CompromiseWhat compromise did the delegates create to resolve this issue?

8.9 Issue: How Should the Chief Executive Be Elected?Why didn’t the delegates agree on how the national executive should be chosen?

8. 10 Resolution:The Electoral CollegeWhat compromise did the delegates create to resolve this issue?

8.11 The Convention EndsWhy did some delegates refuse to sign the final draft of the Constitution?