What was the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

A Congress was divided into two houses The Senate was seated equally by state: the House of Representatives was seated by population

B only three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted when calculating each state's representation in Congress

C some powers were given to the states, some to the federal government, and some to both

D Knowing that George Washington woul be the first president, people at the Convention wrote the powers of the president with him in mind

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Morgan Mckenzie

2 November, 01:24

What was the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

A Congress was divided into two houses The Senate was seated equally by state: the House of Representatives was seated by population

B only three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted when calculating each state's representation in Congress

C some powers were given to the states, some to the federal government, and some to both

D Knowing that George Washington woul be the first president, people at the Convention wrote the powers of the president with him in mind

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Dominique Howard · Answer 1

The answer is A. Roger Sherman from Connecticut proposed this plan since the delegates to the convention could not agree on either the Virginia Plan or the New Jersey Plan.