What is the name of the compromise that created a bicameral legislature and combined aspects of both plans?

• A. The Great Compromise
• B. The Great Compromise; created a bicameral legislature with House by population and Senate equal representation
• C. The Three-Fifths Compromise
• D. The Delaware Compromise

Answer: (B)

The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, merged ideas from the two competing plans to shape the structure of Congress. It established a bicameral legislature with two different approaches to representation: the House of Representatives would be based on state population, giving larger states more seats, while the Senate would guarantee equal representation for every state with two senators each. This arrangement reconciled the concerns of both large states, who favored proportional representation, and small states, who insisted on equal representation, creating a practical, workable legislative framework.

Other terms refer to different issues from the same period and do not describe this fundamental structural compromise. For example, the Three-Fifths Compromise dealt with how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation, not with creating the two-house system.