Constitutional Compromises Flashcards
1
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Conflict: Numbers/Structure in Congress
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Compromise: The Great Compromise- Bicameral Legislature
2
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Conflict: Method of election to Congress
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Compromise: House elected by the people/ Senate elected by state legislatures
3
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Conflict: Electing the executive (president)
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Compromise: Electoral College
4
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Conflicts: Who decides federal-state conflicts?
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Compromise: State courts decide
5
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Conflict: Control over commerce
A
Compromise: Congress has control
6
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Conflict: Counting enslaved people toward apportionment
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Compromise: Three-Fifths Compromise (Enslaved people counted for ⅗ of a person when determining the representation of states in Congress (population))
7
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Conflict: Protection for individual rights
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Compromise: Bill of Rights passed by 1st Congress
