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MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT

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“The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States . . . The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative . . .“SECTION 3 “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.”-Sections 2 and 3 of the United States ConstitutionThe excerpt above is the result of which compromise in the Constitutional Convention?
A
Compromise on the Electoral College
B
Three-Fifths Compromise
C
Compromise on the Bill of Rights
D
Great (Connecticut) Compromise
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -We the People of the United States… The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.

Detailed explanation-2: -Representatives serve 2-year terms. Read up on the relationship between the two chambers with these essays by the Senate Historian’s Office. Link to tables of information on the history of the House of Representatives.

Detailed explanation-3: -Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

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