USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Under the two plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention, which plan proposed two Houses in Congress:the House of Representatives and Senate?
A
Virginia Plan
B
New Jersey Plan
C
Both
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Introduced to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison’s Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies (the Senate and the House of Representatives) with proportional representation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Virginia Plan, drafted by James Madison and introduced to the Convention by Edmund Randolph on May 29, 1787, proposed the creation of a bicameral national legislature, or a legislature consisting of two houses, in which the “rights of suffrage” in both houses would be proportional to the size of the state.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Virginia Plan favored a strong national government.at the Philadelphia Convention that provided for a national government composed of three branches. It proposed a Congress of two houses, both of which would be based on proportional representation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Virginia Plan, as amended, June 13, 1787 It describes 2 houses: one with members elected by the people for 3-year terms and the other composed of older leaders elected by the state legislatures for 7-year terms.

Detailed explanation-5: -James Madison wrote the Virginia Plan, which called for states with larger populations to have more representation in the government. William Paterson presented the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation for every state no matter what the population.

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