US History - Unit 2 | Semester One Exam Review

How did the Constitutional Convention delegates resolve the issue of Southern representation in Congress?

Every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons. The Constitutional Convention delegates resolved the issue over Southern representation in Congress by deciding that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons. This was known as the "Three-Fifths Compromise." The Northern and Southern states disagreed on whether or not enslaved persons should be counted as part of the population. The issue was controversial because a state's population determined the number of representatives a state received in the House of Representatives.

Which issue was addressed by the Great Compromise?

representation in the U.S. Congress Representation in the U.S. Congress was just one of the issues addressed by the Great Compromise, or the Connecticut Compromise. The compromise established a two-house federal legislature with the numbers in the Senate based on equal representation for each state and those in the House based on population. It blended the conflict between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.

The Virginia Plan would have granted more power to

states with large population. The Virginia Plan would have granted more power to states with large population. It was the New Jersey plan which would have given increased power to states with smaller populations.

The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise both dealt with what issue?

the representation of states in Congress Both compromises dealt with the representation of states in Congress. The Great Compromise settled the disputes between large and sparsely populated states involving Congressional representation, while the Three-Fifths Compromise allowed southern states to count slaves towards representation.