AP US Government : Concerns and Fears
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Example Question #21 : Concerns And Fears
Article One of the United States Constitution is based on The Great Compromise of the Founding Fathers. What was the “Great Compromise”?
A compromise among the Founding Fathers to create a legislature similar to the Articles of Confederation
An agreement to limit the length of the term of the Senate to avoid an aristocratic upper class taking control of the upper house of Congress
A compromise to limit the term of office of all elected officials
A compromise to settle the dispute regarding representation in a bicameral legislature in a fair and equitable manner for all states regardless of population
A plan to set the term of office for the House of Representatives at two years to make the Representatives responsive to the public more frequently
A compromise to settle the dispute regarding representation in a bicameral legislature in a fair and equitable manner for all states regardless of population
During the Constitutional Convention, the Founding Fathers were faced with a debate between the large and small states. The larger states wanted representation based on population because they had more population they felt they would then also have more governmental power. The smaller states felt slighted by this concept. The debate was settled by what is called The Great Compromise creating a bicameral legislature. In one house, the House of Representatives, representation would be based on population. In the other house, the Senate, representation was set at two members per state. It is called The Great Compromise because of the balance of representation it created.
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