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What conflict did the great compromise resolve?

A.how the number of congressional representatives would be determined

B. How to count enslaved people in state population counts

C. Whether slavery should be legal in the United States

D. How much power the executive branch should have

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a. how the number of congressional representatives would be determined 
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Answer: A. How the number of Congressional representatives would be determined.

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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. 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. The Great Compromise created a bicameral (two-chamber) legislature. 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.

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