Constitutional Compromises

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What does the "Great Compromise" and the "3/5ths Compromise" have in common?

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Both had to do with congressional representation (# of votes in Congress)

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Which was the main issue for The Great Compromise? Options: Number of Representatives for Each State, Do slaves count in population?, Should we stop bringing slaves into the United States?, Can the government place tariffs on imports and exports?

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Number of Representatives for Each State

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Which compromise included the agreement that slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person?

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Three Fifths Compromise

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Which compromise included the agreement that there would be two houses of government where the lower house was based on population and the upper house got two votes per state?

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The Great Compromise

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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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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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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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One issue that was hotly debated at the Constitutional Convention, was the question of representation. Another issue was-

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Slavery

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Why were the Articles of Confederation replaced? Options: it created an executive branch, the national government was weak to manage state relations, it created a powerful army, it created a judicial branch

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the national government was weak to manage state relations

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How is representation in the House of Representatives determined? Options: Equally, By Population, By Tax Base, By the New Jersey Plan

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By Population