Constitutional Compromises

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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 aka Conneticuit Compromise

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During the Constitutional Convention, in response to the Virginia Plan delegates presented the New Jersey Plan which -

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called for the same one vote per state representation in Congress

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Which plan called for equal representation of the states regardless of population?

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New Jersey Plan

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What was the compromise put forth by Roger Sherman at the Constitutional Convention regarding the legislative branch?

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created a two house Congress with representation based on the population in the House of Representatives and equality in the Senate

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Which plan called for representation based on the states' population, which benefited the large states?

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Virginia Plan

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One of the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was -

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creating a plan for representation of both large and small states

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Northern and Southern delegate argued on how enslaved people 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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Which compromise at the Constitutional Convention resolved the issue of representation in Congress?

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Great Compromise

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What did the Three-Fifths Compromise address during the Constitutional Convention?

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Counting enslaved people for representation and taxation

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Why were the Anti-Federalists opposed to ratification of the US Constitution?

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The new central government would take too much power away from the states and people.