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What happened as a solution to The Great Compromise?
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The government turned into a bicameral legislation- two houses
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Who was The Great Compromise between?
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The states with the states with large populations and the states with smaller population *at the Constitutional Convention*
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What was the smaller populations side to the fight?
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They thought they would be overpowered if reps were based on population --> they would always be outvoted by the larger population states
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What was the larger populations side to the fight?
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They wanted their own power to be based on population because it was only fair to have equal reps from an equal number of people
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Compromise
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Both houses would be needed to pass laws. One house, the Senate, has equal reps for each states and the other, the House of Representatives, is based on population
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How many representatives for each state?
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One representative for every 30,000 residents in each state
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