Question

What were Americans’ experiences with political compromise before the Constitution was ratified?(1 point)

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed to many compromises to create the Constitution.

Political compromise seemed impossible because of all the factions in the U.S.

Americans had never experienced political compromise because they focused on majority rule.

Americans were in total agreement with one another as they drafted the new U.S. Constitution.

Answer 1

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed to many compromises to create the Constitution. (e.g., the Great Compromise, Three‑Fifths Compromise, and compromises over commerce and the slave trade.)