Question

Which statements accurately describe key compromises reached at the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

CHOOSE ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY

Question options:

A. The Two-Thirds Compromise required that amendments to the Constitution would have to be approved by both two-thirds of Congress and two-thirds of all state legislatures.

B. The Three-Fifths Compromise established that the population of enslaved people in a state would be only partially represented in that state's official population.

C. The New Jersey Compromise determined that while every citizen would have the right to vote in national elections, only those citizens who owned property would be allowed to vote in state elections.

D. The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, established that Congress would be composed of one house in which representation was based on a state's size and one in which every state was represented equally.

Answer 1

d is the right answer

Answer 2

Option B and D are the right answers

Explanation:

The constitutional convention ratified the Connecticut compromise which is also called the Great compromise.

It proposed equal representation of the states in the senate and proportional representation in the house of representatives as per the size of the states. This resulted in two tier system of legislature.

It also aimed to alter the articles of confederation and new bill of rights was included in the constitution. The federal government was given enough powers by the constitution.