USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which compromise is made up of ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?
A
The Great Compromise
B
The three-fifths compromise
C
The constitutional compromise
D
The big compromise
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Connecticut (or Great) Compromise essentially took elements of the Virginia Plan and elements of the New Jersey Plan, and smashed them together. The Virginia Plan advocated, among other things, a bicameral legislature of which both chambers would be apportioned based off of population.

Detailed explanation-2: -The compromise: Proposed a bicameral Congress, with one house utilizing the equal representation of the New Jersey Plan, and the other the proportional representation of the Virginia Plan.

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