The Great Compromise settled a dispute over how many representatives each state would have.
The delegates settled the dispute over voting during the Constitutional Convention by establishing a compromise known as the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise. This agreement created a bicameral legislature, with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate granting equal representation to each state. This balanced the interests of both larger and smaller states, providing a fair voting system while ensuring that all states had a voice in the legislative process.
Establishing the reserved powers
The Missouri Compromise helped settle some of the tension.
Apportionment
the great compromise
The Great Compromise settled a dispute over how many representatives each state would have.
The Great Compromise settled a dispute over how many representatives each state would have.
The delegates settled the dispute over voting during the Constitutional Convention by establishing a compromise known as the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise. This agreement created a bicameral legislature, with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate granting equal representation to each state. This balanced the interests of both larger and smaller states, providing a fair voting system while ensuring that all states had a voice in the legislative process.
Representation in Congress
dumb stuff
The Missouri Compromise temporarily solved a dispute over slavery by keeping the number of slave and free states equal. It was later replaced by the Compromise of 1850.
Establishing the reserved powers
The compromise of 1850 was meant to end a conflict between slave states of the South and free states of the North in America. This dispute was over the status of territories that were gained during the Mexican-American war.
The US and Great Britain settled their dispute over the western territory by signing the Oregon Treaty in 1846. This treaty sealed the deal on a compromise on the boundaries between British and American land.
Missouri Compromise
If there are disputes over authority between local, state, or the national government, how are the disputes resolved?
The Great Compromise (also known as the Connecticut Compromise) settled the debate over state representation in Congress.