Compromise

What was the Connecticut Compromise? The Connecticut compromise was an agreement that was formed during the constitutional convention. This agreement grants states equal representation in the senate, and the House of Representatives. It was a result of a disagreement of how much representation each state should have within congress. Before the Connecticut compromise an agreement was finally agreed upon when delegate roger Sherman suggested a two chambered congress. This resulted in the House of…

abolish the need for the Church of England and would force England back to the Roman Catholic Church. In order to re-establish what had been done by her father, Henry VIII, and undone by her sister, Elizabeth I, a protestant, established a religious compromise known as The Elizabethan Religious Settlement. It consisted of two acts: The Act of Supremacy and The Act of Uniformity. The first act gave her absolute power over the Church of England as “Supreme Governor.” Originally the title for her…

The Three-Fifths Compromise-Article 1-Section 2 was reached between delegates from the southern states and the northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The Three-Fifths Compromise was a debate over how slaves would be counted when determining a state’s total population. It was important to know what the total population was for legislative representation and taxing purposes. The population number would determine the number of seats that a state would have in…

In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected as the third president of the United States of America. Jefferson took office as a representative of the Democrat-Republican Party with the goal of creating a bipartisan state. At this time, Federalist and Republican parties had a heated feud between each other. Jefferson wanted to minimize the differences between the two political parties and mend the damage caused from the election. During his first inaugural address, Jefferson announced to the people, “We…

who was an African-American Spokesman representing black Americans spoke before a predominantly white audience On September 18, 1895 at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. The speech which came to be known as the “Atlanta Compromise” address is regarded as one of the most important speeches in American History and became the call for progress and shared responsibility that would provide a foundation of prosperity for both white and black Americans in the south. Prior to…

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The “The Atlanta Compromise” (Atlanta) by Booker T. Washington and “The Niagara Movement” (Niagara) by W.E.B. DuBois have the overall theme of equality throughout their speeches. The two speeches discuss voting and educational rights of African Americans compared to that of white Americans. DuBois and Washington both agree that voting rights for African Americans would give them equality with white Americans, but the two speakers believe in taking different pathways to get rights. However, only…

A Lot of compromises were made at this convention. Some of these i will discuss during this essay. The convention was held in Philadelphia from a to September of 1787. All of the founding fathers of this convention retained the suspicion of concentrated power. They chose George Washington to be the moderator and then closed it to the public. One of these was known as the Madison’s Virginia Plan. This was by James Madison who was from Virginia. A national form of government should be…

The institution of slavery was legal and eventually constitutional in the United States for 245 years. In that time, many compromises were made in the American government regarding slavery. This is particularly evident in the time period prior to 1854 in which the US government made a great deal of compromises in order to maintain the stability of American society. As 1854 began, tensions continued to rise in the United States of America surrounding the topic of slavery. Ultimately, these…

In order to make the Constitution legitimate, it would need to be ratified by all 13 states. Combining all the needs of each colony was an intricate compromise, but it was these compromises that made it acceptable by so many. The genius of the Constitution is most found in the compromise involving representation and slavery because the compromise…