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Once the delegates settled the Great Compromise, what issue did they tackle next?

A
the New Jersey Plan
B
the Virginia Plan
C
the Electoral process for the presidency
D
the Three-Fifths Compromise
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How did the Great Compromise resolve the dispute about representation?

A
It completely supported the creation of a unicameral legislature.
B
It favored representation for the larger states over the smaller states.
C
It created balance by blending the Virginia and New Jersey plans.
D
It gave every state the same number of state representatives.
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Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.

A
established equal representation in Congress regardless of a state’s population.
B
established proportional representation in Congress for both large and small states.
C
established that a state’s enslaved population would be counted for partial representation.
D
established that slavery would be outlawed within twenty years of the Constitution’s ratification.

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