How did the Great Compromise settle the problem of representation in Congress?
It made all states pay the same in federal taxes.
It gave each state two senators and a number of representatives based on population.
It gave each state two representatives in the Senate and two representatives in the House of Representatives.
It allowed all states to have equal numbers of representatives in Congress.
which is right?
The correct answer is:
It gave each state two senators and a number of representatives based on population.
This compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, was proposed by Roger Sherman at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It settled a heated debate over how states should be represented in the United States Congress. The compromise led to the creation of a bicameral legislature with two houses: the Senate, where each state is represented equally by two senators, and the House of Representatives, where representation is based on the state's population.