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How was representation in Congress to be based according to the terms of the great compromise?
The Great Compromise of 1787 set up the system of each state having two senators and a state's population determining the number of representatives. The compromise came after a large debate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The debate centered on how many representatives each state should have in the new government's lawmaking branch, the U.S. Congress.
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TaigaEach state had two senators and population determined the number of representatives. The compromise came after a large debate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The debate centered on how many representatives each state should have in the new government's lawmaking branch, the U.S. Congress.
The representation in the legislative branch after the Great Compromise was:
the Senate would have 2 representatives from each state, which favored the smaller New England states
on the other hand, the House of Representatives would have a number from each state depending on the population (slaves counted for 3/5 of a person) which pleased the larger, Southern colonies
Under the Connecticut Compromis, the states would be represented in the federal government by creating a bicameral legislature in which Congress was split into 2 houses. These were the House of Representative and the Senate.
A lower house called the House of Representatives would be based on population. Then a bigger house, the Senate would have two seats for each state.
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What controversy was settled by the great compromise?
The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, solved the issue of how the states were represented in congress. Resolved in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise solved the problem of representation for smaller states by having Congress have two senators for the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives, based on population of the state.
How did the great compromise satisfy both the small and the large states?
The Great Compromise settled the method of representation in the legislative branch (the US Congress). Small states wanted equal representation (equality by state), and large states wanted representation based on population (equality by vote). Under the compromise, all states were represented equally in the Senate. This made the smaller states happy. In the House of Representatives, representation was based on population. This pleased the bigger states.
Which answer best summarizes the key elements of the Great Compromise?
d. two houses: representation based on state population, and representation based on state land mass
Called for one house of Congress based on population?
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What factors made the Great Compromise necessary?
The Great Compromise combined the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan. The New Jersey Plan wanted governmental representation independent on population, therefore the representation would be the same for every state. The Virginia Plan wanted representation to be based on population, therefore some states would have more representation than others. The Great Compromise combined the two, and created the Congress we have today. The Senate is independent of population, and the House of Representatives is based on population.
