USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Finally, delegates made a “great compromise, ” to create a bicameral (two-house) legislature with the states having equal representation in the upper house or senate and the people having proportional representation in the lower house, where all money bills were to originate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each state would be equally represented in the Senate, with two delegates, while representation in the House of Representatives would be based upon population. The delegates finally agreed to this “Great Compromise, ” which is also known as the Connecticut Compromise.

Detailed explanation-3: -How did state issues lead to debate over structure of the central government? Concerns over state representation led to a bicameral legislature with an upper house based on equal state votes and a lower house based on state population.

Detailed explanation-4: -The major debates were over representation in Congress, the powers of the president, how to elect the president (Electoral College), slave trade, and a bill of rights.

Detailed explanation-5: -On June 11 the delegates voted to adopt proportional representation in the House of Representatives based on the “whole number of white & other free Citizens, ” and “three fifths of all other persons, ” meaning enslaved African Americans.