The Great Compromise Explained in 5 Minutes: US History Review

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To decide what to do about slavery

What was the "Great Compromise" dealing with?

• Taxes

• Slavery

• Representation

In federalism, how is power divided?

• Between federal and state governments. 

• Between President and Congress.

• Between multiple branches of government.

According to the Virginia Plan, states would be represented in both houses of Congress based on

• a state's population

• equal votes for all

• how much land the state held

The New Jersey plan proposed representation in Congress based on 

• the amount of land each state held

• the size of each state's population

• equal votes for all states

In the Connecticut Plan or GREAT COMPROMISE representation in 

• the Senate is by population and in the House of Representatives it is equal

• the Senate is equal and in the House of Representatives it is by population