Tuesday, December 13, 2011

14Dec11

Explain the Great Compromise.

87 comments:

Nichols,s said...

It was an argument on have a certain amount of people for senate and two houses for congress.

Mitchell Smitty said...

It centered on how many representatives each state should have in the new government's lawmaking branch, the U.S. Congress. As is often the case in government and politics, resolving a great debate.

Kali A. said...

The great compromise is basicly counting slaves as 3/5 of a person.

Ayman E said...

The great compromise was an agreement between large and small states on the issue of representation in the new United States Constitution.

Trey S. said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that the American government would have two houses in Congress.

Philip S said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement with the smaller states and the bigger states that said each an every state are represented equally.

Jenna A. said...

The great compromise was a combination of the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan. It lead to the 3/5 compromise.

Xavier .D said...

I really don't know.

Carly D. said...

The Great Compromise was a two house legislature plan that worked for all states. It stated that the House of Representatives would include one representative for each 30,000 individuals in a state.

Jennings,a said...

The great compromise was also named the connecticut compromise. This was an agreement to have the small states and the large states had during the constitutional convention of 1787. this made all states have a reasonable amount of representatives.

raivin webster said...

the great compromise was a debate.

stephanie v said...

The Great Compromise put forth during the Constitutional Convention to create the new branches of government.

Darinda R said...

The great comprimise It was an debate on government and politics it was a debate on states and how many law-making governments they should have.

Joes said...

The great compromise is a document that allows equal power to all the states instead of just one state.like the one who has more population has more power or say

Maya. G said...

The great compromise argument over how the federal government should change the articles of confederation.

Jaylen Jones said...

This Compromise was made by Roger Sherman to ensure peace.

Maria K. said...

The Great Compromise was a law that said that that stated that each state could elect two people to represent them in the upper house. It also allowed the people to elect one person for every ten-thousand people there were in their state.

Tyler k. said...

The combination of two state plans, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. This formed our bicameral system of the House and Senate. The Virginia Plan is the House of Representatives and the New Jersey Plan is the Senate.

eyionnal said...

the great compromise was made in connectic by 2 guys.

Clarkk said...

It was a agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutial convention that in part defined the legislative structur and representation that each state would have under thr united states constitution.

andrewsr said...

the great compromise is two plans were put forth during the Constitutional Convention to create the new branches of government.

ziggy stardust (josh z) said...

The great was a compromise that made to see how many state representitives there would be per state.

Carter G. said...

The great compromise was when the united states came to a compromise about their laws and how they would run their states.

Gaitherashla said...

The great compermise is an agrement made among the delegates to the constitutional convention that the American goverment would thave in congress.

Jacob R. said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that the American government would have two houses in congress

Breeden R said...

When they all came to an agreement on things.

Michael K. said...

It counted three-fifths of the unfree population to reduced the power of some states.

Conner F said...

A compromise that stated the all states would have the same amount of representives

Nathan G. said...

The greate compromise was when the congress agreed to have the legislative branch and the judicial branch.

triston s said...

the great compromise is that if there in war against other they us the great compromise so they can have peace with each other

Devin W. said...

It was a compromise that said there would be 2 houses in congress. The senate which had 2 senators and the House of Represenatives where each state has a nuber of represenatives based on population.

B.G. said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that the American government would have two houses in Congress: the Senate where each state has two Senators, and the House of Representatives where each state has a number of Representatives based on population.The Great Compromise was a compromise reached by delegates of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. This compromise between the delegates of more populous and less populous states created the two houses of the United States Congress and was ratified as part of the U.S. Constitution.

Jon.B said...

It was a agreement that the small and large countries had reached about the repress action of each state

Gibsona said...

The great compromise was an agreement that was made in a group of the delegates.To the consitution convention That the American government would have to have 2 houses In both of there congress there. That is what the great compromise.

Keyonh said...

Was an argument that the the large and small Reached during the conctitutional convention of 1787

jason s. said...

the compromise was that the large states and the small states were fighting about how many people from there states would be in the house

Louis G. said...

People were fight over how many representatives each state should have, the said it should be based on population the small states NO WAY THAT'S NOT FAIR. They came up with a compromise to have an equal amount of representatives.

kayle g!(: said...

the great compromise was a compromise between southern and northern states during the Philadelphia convention.

Dreydan H. said...

A compromise was reached June 29th, 1787 in Philadelphia combining the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan.The New Jersey Plan was debated for four days, but the larger states rejected it.Many believe that the compromise that has been reached is a major progression towards the unification of the States under a Federal System and has solved the problem of state representation.

Dreydan

Joshua harper said...

The compromise was a agreement that was reached during The constitutional convention of 1787 defined the legislative That is proposed By James Madison.

malikb said...

The great compromise was about 2 states that wanted equal rights for the bill of rights.

William Q said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

Prestonmeece said...

The grate compromise was a plan to stop the government from over taxing

Kyra e said...

The great compromise is an argument That large and small states should have the same amount of repesentives even if it is a large or smalll state

brownkyler said...

was an agreement that large and small states reached during the consititutional convention of 1787

julious ,keilah said...

it was an agreement of large and small states

Dylan,S said...

The great compromise is where all the states got what they wanted.

La'Nisha, Jordan said...

Basically the Great Compromise was an agreement that large & small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Katelyn E said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that the American government would have two houses in Congress: the Senate where each state has two Senators, and the House of Representatives where each state has a number of Representatives based on population.

Johnathan n said...

The great compromise wass created by roger sherman and was used so that all states can have two house of senate and representatives

Megan i said...

A debate between the delegates whether to have 2 houses of congress or not

Smith, Bre'Asia said...

The Great Compromise Is Something That Was Important In The A Of C

anaiahw said...

the great compromise was a problem that went on between the new jersey plan and the virginia plan. that were suppossed to combine the two together the new jersey plan was debted for days but then the larger states later rejected it.

alexis g said...

a agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention of 1787 that in a part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the united states constitotion

Richard t said...

The great compromise is the emendation of the draftoff of the U.S constitution proposed during the continental congress.

Leistb said...

The great compromise setteled the virginia plan and new jersey plan

Marc T. said...

the great compromise settled the Virginia and new Jersy plan

justin b said...

The great compromise is two plans

Justin,Myers said...

The great comramize was to decide how meany representatives your state had compared to the amount of people.

Riley B. said...

The great compromise settled the New Jersey and Virgina Plan.

Nora, W said...

There would be 2 houses. Both would have reprsentives. One would be based off population the other would have 2 people from every state.

Thomas said...

The great compromise was about hoW many representives each state should get due to its population size.

LloydW. said...

the great comprmise was an agreement about how the government works

Coops said...

(2plans put together to create a new government. To have equal representives.

Granville, Dj said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that the American government would have two houses in Congress, the Senate where each state has two Senators, and the House of Representatives where each state has a number of Representatives based on population. That was the great compromise.

Hiep L. said...

The great compromise was an agreement that combine the Virginia plan and the new jersey plan together, which made the bicameral legislature.

Shelton c said...

The great compromise was an agreement between small and large states during the constitution

Andre E. said...

The great compromise was an agreement that said that the American government would have two houses in congress.

Khanh Phuong T. said...

The Great Compromise was a great debate over how many representatives are allow to represent each state. In the end it stated that each state was allow to send an equal amount of senate to represent and one representative for the House each 30,000 residents.

kelsie l said...

A debate centered on how many representives each state should have in the new governments lawmaking branch.

Zoe H . said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement made by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that the American government would have two houses in Congress : the Senate where each state had two Senators , and the House of Representatives where each state had a number of Representatives based on population .

Schul, Stephen said...

The great compromise was an agreement between the small and large states during the constitutional covintion This let them kno that the representation That each state would have under the U.S constitution.

faucett, m said...

The Great Compromise was the settlement between the big states and the small states around the time of the United States' founding. It said that there would be two houses representative of the people based on population.

Marisa F said...

The Great Compromise was a document that defined the legislative structure and representation that each state had under the United States Constitution.

dj,martin said...

the great comprimise was to create the new branches of government

jada love said...

the great compromise is tells you how many representatives each state should have in the new government lawmaking branch .

Braylin Shwagg said...

The Great compromise was the government plan that combined the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan together to get the form of government.

ian.u said...

The great compromise is basically counting slaves as 3/5 of a person.

Alex S said...

The great compromise was a big argument in 1787 to decide how much representatives each state should have.

Myka H. said...

The Great Compromise was an agreement that large and small states defined the legislative structure that was with the United States.

malik S said...

the great compromise was a disscussion or arguament about the how many people should be represented in senate

Jayda Norris said...

2 houses and bothe have reprisentetive

Tamiah f said...

the great compromise was a law that stated that each state could elect people to be president

Karlie H! [: said...

A discussion on how to elect a president.

Darius m said...

It was a big argument between each state

Justin s said...

The great Compiose is to say how many people could stay

Berlona k said...

The great compromise is talking about slaves being counted as 3/5 of a person