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What called for equal representation in both the senate and the house?
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature, which is a legislature with 2 houses. The House of representatives was proportional, while the Senate had equal representation for all states.
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∙ 13y agoThis was the Connecticut Plan, also known as the Great Compromise of 1787, which adopted the Virginia Plan's bicameral legislature but gave equal representation to all states in the Senate (as under the unicameral New Jersey Plan).
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∙ 12y agoThe Grest Compromise
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How did small states want to base representation in Congress?
Small states wanted representation in Congress to be equal for all states regardless of their size or population, because they felt each state was an equal partner in the new nation and feared that they would be outvoted in Congress by larger states if representation were based on population alone. The legislature would consist of two house : a House of Representatives, with membership based based on state population, and a Senate, with each state receiving two members. This agreement became known as the Connecticut Compromise.
What was the decision to have two houses of Congress with one house's representation based on population and the other on equal representation called?
The Great Compromise :D
What did small states want at the constitutional convention?
The smaller states followed the "Connecticut Plan" which, as opposed to the larger states' preference, the "Virginia Plan," made plans for a unicameral body in which all states had equal representation - today known as the Senate. The Virginia Plan, on the other hand, was favored by the larger states because it stated that larger populations would equal greater representation in Congress - today known as the House of Representatives.
What comprimise allowed for two houses in the legislative branch representation in one house would based on population and representation and the other house would be on equal votes per state?
APEX....*The Great Compromise*<3
The Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 succeeded in?
The compromise offered a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and representation based on population in the House of Representatives- giving shared power to both large and small states in the new government.
Representation in this House is equal?
The senate
Which house of congress is base on equal representation?
The Senate is the house of Congress that is based on equal representation. The House of Representatives is numbered based on the population of the state but the Senate has equal representation for even states with a lower population.
In which house of Congress does each of the 50 states have equal representation?
The Senate.
Which house has more equal representation senate or house of representation?
The senate gives equal representation to each state, two representatives from each state. The house of representatives is sometimes called the peoples' house because it gives states with more people more representatives than states with fewer people. While this seems unequal, it is a fair way to represent the people.
How did the Great Compromise create a legislature with representation which respected the population of large states and safe guarded and equalized the small states?
It proposed a bicameral legislative branch. The upper house, the senate, would have two representatives from each state. This satisfied the small states' plea for equal representation in Congress. The lower house, The House of Representatives, would please the large states in the way that state representation in the House was based off population. Larger states had more representation in the House, but representation was equal in the senate.
How did the delegates to the convention resolve tensions between large and small states?
By making representation in the House of Representatives proportionate to population and representation in the Senate equal for each state
How does bicameralism in Congress reflect the principle of federalism?
By giving each State equal representation in the Senate and representation proportional to its population in the House, bicameralism ensures a division of power.
Why are the numbers in the house of representatives and senate different?
The senate has 100 members, with two senators from each of the 50 states. The house of representatives currently has 435 members, with numbers varying by state depending on population. This way one chamber has proportional representation, and the other has equal representation.
How is representation in the senate and house representatives determined?
By the people
Representation in the Senate is based on population.?
Representation in the US senate is not based on population. Each state has two senators. The House's representation is based on population.
Congress is made up of the?
House of Representatives (435 representatives) chosen through proportional representation. Senate (100 senators) chosen by equal representation, 2 senators for each state.
Which house of congress has represenatives?
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.
