MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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disagreements about the requirements for the admission of new states into the Union.
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how best to represent the interests of the people and the states in the legislature.
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deciding how to count the votes of slaves in national, federal elections.
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whether judges should be chosen by popular vote.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The conflict between the large states and the small states in the crafting of the Constitution centered on. whether judges should be chosen by popular vote. whether there should be a monarchy or a presidency.
Detailed explanation-2: -Representation. Large and small states fought over representation in Congress. Large states favored representation by population, while small states argued for equal representation by State.
Detailed explanation-3: -Conflict between the Large and Small States The Framers disagreed about how many representatives each state should be able to send to Congress. The conflict was between delegates from states with small populations and delegates from states with large populations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Small states wanted equal representation (equality by state), and large states wanted representation based on population (equality by vote). Under the compromise, all states were represented equally in the Senate. This made the smaller states happy.
Detailed explanation-5: -Their so-called Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise in honor of its architects, Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth) provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.