Question

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

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

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.

Answer 1

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

They settled conflicts through compromises such as the Great Compromise (representation), the Three-Fifths Compromise (counting enslaved people), and arrangements on slavery and the presidency.