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Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The Great Compromise (also known as the Connecticut Compromise) settled the debate over state representation in Congress.
It was called "The Great Compromise" and settled the composition of the new US Congress under the Constitution (1787).
There were disagreements on almost everything. It was all settled by compromise and a last minute rush to get a document together. The delegates argued over slavery, number of representatives each state would have, the powers of the President, a Bill of Rights, power of the states. There was little agreement on anything except that the articles of confederation were inadequate.
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Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The Connecticut Compromise (Also called the Great Compromise) settled the arguments between the two sides as the Constitutional Convention. It was a good even between the New Jersey and Virginia Plan, but more so favored the Virginia Plan. It included that the House of Representatives would have proportional representation, and that the Senate would have equal representation.
Constitutional disputes were settled by debate and compromise.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
The Great Compromise settled the dispute of state representation in the U.S. Congress. It was decided that representation in the U.S. House of Representatives would be proportional to population, while representation in the U.S. Senate would be equal among all states.
compromise_ Each state had to compromise-- give in a little.
The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, solved the issue of how the states were represented in congress. Resolved in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise solved the problem of representation for smaller states by having Congress have two senators for the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives, based on population of the state.