Scholar Exchange: Constitution 101

Part lecture and part lively conversation, Scholar Exchange presents the opportunity to learn about constitutional issues, while interacting with a constitutional expert, historian, or federal judge. In this session, examine the issues and events that led to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, including the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, Shay’s Rebellion, and the growing need for a new national government. Participants explore the Convention, and its major turning points and the compromises—including the Connecticut Compromise, the Electoral College, the Three-Fifth Compromise, and the Slave Trade Clause.

Program presented by the National Constitutional Center.

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