The Great and 3/5 Compromises

Question 1

what was the great compromise?

Answer 1

a solution to where large and small states would be equally represented by the creation of two houses of congress

Question 2

what were the two plans that led to the great compromise?

Answer 2

the virginia and new jersey plans

Question 3

what did each side want before the great compromise?

Answer 3

the larger states wanted to be represented by population, while the smaller states wanted to be represented equally

Question 4

what was the 3/5 compromise?

Answer 4

an agreement between the north and south states that 3/5 of the slave population would be counted for a number of representatives

Question 5

what were the two sides to the issue before a compromise was made?

Answer 5

the south wanted to count all of the slave population, while the north didn’t was the slave population counted