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What is a plan that gave small and large states an equal number of representatives?
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What is the conflict between large states and small states?
how did did the American revilotion start
Why was bicameralism chosen as the principle for the US congress?
It was a part of the Great Compromise of 1787 also known as the Connecticut Compromise, when the small states wanted an equal number of representatives from each state and the large states which wanted the number of representatives to be based on population. Therefore the House of Representatives and the Senate were born, with the House of Representatives satisfying the large states and the Senate satisfying the smaller states.
What conflict did the Compromise of 1850 resolve?
( How states would be represented in Congress )The large and small states conflicted during the writing of the constitution on the issue of representatives in Congress. The large states, having a larger population, wanted the number to bo based on state population. Knowing the smaller states would have fewer representatives, the smaller states wanted the number to be equal among all states.To solve this, the compromise was that House of Representatives, one branch of congress would be on population. The other, Senate, would be equal.
What was the representation compromise?
The Representation Compromise gave both large states and small states the type of representation they asked for. This was done by changing the representation standards in the houses of Congress. Large states had wanted representation based on population. This standard was accepted in the House of Representatives, which allowed the number of representatives to be determined by state population. Smaller states wanted equal representation, despite population size. This was accepted by the Senate, in which all states have the same number of representatives.
What was the solution to the great compromise?
large states (large population) wanted the number a representatives to be determined by the population while small states (little population) wanted the number of representatives to be the same for every state. The compromise was to create the senate (2 representatives per state) and the house of representatives (representatives determined by population)
Which of the houses in congress resulted in the appeasement of the large states?
The House of Representatives in Congress resulted in the appeasement of the large states. The number of representatives each state receives is determined by its population, which gives an advantage to larger states. This arrangement satisfies the large states and ensures their interests are represented in the legislature.
What argument did the large and small states have at the constitutional convention amd how was it resolved?
Their debate was on how each State would be represented in the Congress. Large states wanted to have the Number of representatives based upon the Population and the small states wanted it to be equal number for each state. The answer was to have a Congress made up of 2 Houses: (A) House of Representativves based upon a State's population and (B) Congress which has equal senators elected from each state.
What is the total number of members in the houde of representatives and how is it determined?
the total # of representatives is currently 435, the number is determined by the population of each state,so that states with large populations like california,texas, have more reps then states with small populations like alaska
Which legislative body has an equal number of presentatives from each state?
Both Large and small states.
What are the advantages of the people of the house of rep and senate?
The advantages of having two houses of congress the Senate and the House of Representatives is that it helps the checks and balances system. It also acts as a compromise between large and small states, and allows for equal representation of each state with two Senators for each state as well as equal representation for each citizen with the number of Representatives for each state in the House of Representatives being decided by the population of each state.
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 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.
