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Day 8 STAAR Review

Day 8 STAAR Review. Compromises. Great Compromise. Created at the Constitutional Convention to solve the issue over the structure of the legislative branch. Combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans

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Day 8 STAAR Review

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  1. Day 8 STAAR Review Compromises

  2. Great Compromise • Created at the Constitutional Convention to solve the issue over the structure of the legislative branch. Combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans • Created a 2 house legislature (House + Senate = Congress); Senate based on two representatives per state; House of Representatives based on a state’s population.

  3. Three-Fifths Compromise • Created at the Constitutional Convention to solve the issue over how slaves would count for representation and taxation purposes in Congress • Agreement would count three-fifths of a state’s slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation

  4. Missouri Compromise of 1820 • A series of laws enacted to maintain the balance of power between slave and free states • Missouri would enter the Union as a Slave State • Maine would enter the Union as a Free State • The 36’30 line was created; everything above the 36’30 line would be Free and everything below the 36’30 line would be Slave

  5. Compromise of 1850 • A series of laws enacted to maintain the balance of power between the slave and free states • California would enter the Union as a Free state • Fugitive Slave Act was passed • New Mexico and Utah Territory were given popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery in their territories

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