Social studies- Compromise
Compromise
3 if every 5 slaves would be counted in the population (100 slaves=60 slaves counted)
Great compromise
A mix of both Virginia and New Jersey plans.
Senate
Based on equal number for each state
House of representatives
Based on population
Legislative
Congress
3/5 compromise dealt with what?
Dealt with the issue of slavery
Non-slave states
Did not want slaves to be countes in the population so there a re few members in the house of representatives
Virginia plan
Larger states wanted this, same number of representatives and votes, three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judgicial)
Executive
President
Judicial
Sepreme court
Slave states
Wanted all slaves to count in the population so they could have more members in the house of representatives
Compromise
When two sides give up something they want in order to get an agreement