What is a compromise? Explain why a compromise was necessary at the Constitutional Convention to agree on the structure of the new American Government. (Answer the questions below)
One group of delegates believed: They believed the convention would break up.
/!\ Another group believed:
The compromise they agreed on was: The lower house would have a certain number of representatives from state based on population and the upper house would have two senators from each state. Thus, the senate, the states regardless of their size, would be equal. (I think this answer is the same as the question below?)
/!\ What were the outcomes of the Great Compromise that we can still see today in our modern Congress? (Write the answer in a complete sentence).
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Yes, you answered the question about what the compromise was, and it is still the way the two houses of the Congress are elected to this day. You did not answer the question about what a compromise is, nor why it was necessary.
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