The Great Compromise
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- What kind of representation did the New Jersey plan call for?
- Equal Representation
- In the Great Compromise, which house of the legislature is represented by equal representation?
- The Senate (2 reps per state, no matter what the size)
- The Virginia Plan had a two house legislature. What is this called?
- A bicameral legistlature.
- What kind of representation did the Virginia Plan call for?
- Proportional representation
- Who wrote the Virginia plan?
- Edmund Randolf and James Madison.
- Who wrote the New Jersey Plan?
- William Patterson
- What does proportional representation mean?
- The more people you have, the more representatives you get.
- What was the conflict between the large and small states in the Constitutional Convention about?
- How to determine representation for Congress.
- Why were the small states in favor of the New Jersey Plan?
- The small states were in favor of the New Jersey plan because every state would have an equal say.
- What is a compromise?
- A compromise occurs when two sides disagree, but each side gives in a little in order to reach a solution which both sides can agree to.
- What is another name for the Great Compromise?
- The Connecticut Plan.
- What was the Great Compromise?
- It was a compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey plan. It allowed representation to be determined by both proportional representation and equal representation.
- Which plan were the large states in favor of?
- The Virginia Plan.
- Who wrote the Great Compromise?
- Roger Sherman
- In the Great Compromise, which house of the legislature is determined by proportional representation (by population)?
- The House of Representatives
- What was the meaning of the 3/5 compromise?
- Out of every five slaves, three were counted when determining representation.
- What was the name of the compromise reached between the north and the south over how to count slaves for representation?
- The 3/5 compromise.
- What was the conflict between the north and the south over representation?
- The south wanted to count slaves as people when counting the people in a state and determining representation and the north did not want to count the slaves.