Question

The Connecticut Compromise called for a legistature A. made up of two houses. In one house, the representatives would be elected by the States, the President would appoint the members of the second house B, made up of one house in which each State had one vote C. made up of two houses. In the smaller house all States would be represented equally; in the larger house, representa tion would be decided by population. D. made up of one house in which States were represented according to their wealth and population.

Answer 1

Answer: C. a legislature made up of two houses. In the smaller house all states would be represented equally; in the larger house, representation would be decided by population.

Explanation/detail:

The Great Compromise was a measure decided during the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787. The Great Compromise resolved a dispute between small population states and large population states. The large population states wanted representation in Congress to be based on a state's population size. (This was the essence of the Virginia Plan.) The smaller states feared this would lead to unchecked dominance by the big states; they wanted all states to receive the same amount of representation. (This was the New Jersey Plan.)

The Great Compromise (aka Connecticut Compromise) created a bicameral (two-chamber) legislature, with different rules for representation in each chamber. Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on population. In the Senate, all states would have the same amount of representation, by two Senators