The Great Compromise resolved the conflict between larger states seeking population-based representation and smaller states advocating for equal representation by establishing a bicameral legislature with the Senate providing equal representation and the House of Representatives based on population.
Analyze the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention. What problem did it solve? What were the alternatives?
The problem it solved revolved around the tension between larger states wanting representation based on population (as proposed in the Virginia Plan) and smaller states demanding equal representation (as endorsed by the New Jersey Plan).
The Great Compromise proposed a bicameral legislature, consisting of two houses: an upper house, the Senate, with equal representation (two senators from each state), and a lower house, the House of Representatives, with representation proportional to each state's population.
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