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18 Cards in this Set
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What kind of representation did the New Jersey plan call for?
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Equal Representation
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In the Great Compromise, which house of the legislature is represented by equal representation?
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The Senate (2 reps per state, no matter what the size)
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The Virginia Plan had a two house legislature. What is this called?
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A bicameral legistlature.
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What kind of representation did the Virginia Plan call for?
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Proportional representation
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Who wrote the Virginia plan?
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Edmund Randolf and James Madison.
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Who wrote the New Jersey Plan?
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William Patterson
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What does proportional representation mean?
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The more people you have, the more representatives you get.
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What was the conflict between the large and small states in the Constitutional Convention about?
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How to determine representation for Congress.
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Why were the small states in favor of the New Jersey Plan?
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The small states were in favor of the New Jersey plan because every state would have an equal say.
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What is a compromise?
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A compromise occurs when two sides disagree, but each side gives in a little in order to reach a solution which both sides can agree to.
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What is another name for the Great Compromise?
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The Connecticut Plan.
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What was the Great Compromise?
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It was a compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey plan. It allowed representation to be determined by both proportional representation and equal representation.
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Which plan were the large states in favor of?
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The Virginia Plan.
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Who wrote the Great Compromise?
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Roger Sherman
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In the Great Compromise, which house of the legislature is determined by proportional representation (by population)?
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The House of Representatives
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What was the meaning of the 3/5 compromise?
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Out of every five slaves, three were counted when determining representation.
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What was the name of the compromise reached between the north and the south over how to count slaves for representation?
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The 3/5 compromise.
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What was the conflict between the north and the south over representation?
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The south wanted to count slaves as people when counting the people in a state and determining representation and the north did not want to count the slaves.
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