Question

What compromise created a bicameral legislative branch?

Answer 1

The Virginia Plan, drafted by James Madison and introduced to the Convention by Edmund Randolph on May 29, 1787, proposed the creation of a bicameral national legislature, or a legislature consisting of two houses, in which the “rights of suffrage” in both houses would be proportional to the size of the state.

Answer 2

The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, created a bicameral legislative branch by combining the Virginia Plan, which favored representation based on population, and the New Jersey Plan, which favored equal representation for all states.