MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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How should the President be elected?
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Who should control commerce and trade?
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What should be the structure of the federal court system?
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What formula should be used for Congressional representation?
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Detailed explanation-1: -Neither the large nor the small states would yield, but the deadlock was resolved by the Connecticut, or Great, Compromise, which resulted in the establishment of a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation of the states in the upper house.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Compromise settled the method of representation in the legislative branch. Small states wanted equal representation, and large states wanted representation based on population (equality by vote). Under the compromise, all states were represented equally in the Senate.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The compromise provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Three-fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention over the inclusion of slaves in a state’s total population.