Constitutional Compromises

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Which of these would complete the diagram? Alien and Sedition Acts, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence

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Constitutional Convention

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How was the conflict between large and small states resolved?

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The House of Representatives and Senate were created.

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Which is the best summary of the "Three-Fifths Compromise?"

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Each slave was counted as less that one free person.

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How did the creation of a 2 house legislature help resolve a disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

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It gave small and large states each an advantage in one house of the legislature.

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Which is the best summary of the Great Compromise?

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Congress was given two houses.

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The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

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Great Compromise

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Which plan called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation of the states regardless of population?

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New Jersey Plan

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One of the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was - creating a plan for representation of both large and small states

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creating a plan for representation of both large and small states

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Northern and Southern delegates vehemently argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -

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Three-fifths compromise

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Congress is made up of two parts/houses (bicameral), what are the two parts/houses?

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Senate & House of Representatives