Explain What Was The Compromise Regarding Representation To Appease The Plantation Elites

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AMERICAN POLITICS & GOVERNMENT‐ UNIT 1 EXAMINATION, SPRING 2017

Unit 1- Question 1
What was the “compromise” between two different plans in creating the legislature? What was the compromise regarding representation to appease the plantation elites?
Explain.

PG 48-49 In 1978, two plans were put forth regarding how each state in the union? would be represented in the national legislature. The two plans put forth were the, “Virginia Plan” (which favored big states), and the “New Jersey Plan.” (which favored small states) Edmund Randolph of Virginia proposed the Virginia plan. The plan laid out a system in which states would be represented in the national legislature based on their population and/or by how much revenue

the small and big states. This compromise was known as “The Great Compromise.” The terms of the compromise was that there would be two chambers of congress, with different forms of representation. In the House of representatives, representation would be dependent of the population of each state. In the Senate, representation would be equal between all states. Each state would have the same number of representatives in the senate. The compromise regarding representation to appease the plantation elites was known as the 3/5ths compromise. Southern states wanted (did they?) slaves to be included in the population that would be represented in congress for each state. The reason Southern states wanted slaves to be represented (even though they couldn’t vote) was because more representation meant more power for their states. North Carolina said they would not enter the union if the North didn’t give in. The 3/5ths compromise was created so that 5 slaves would count as three persons. This compromised maintained unity and

The meaning behind expressed powers in that powers that the Constitution doesn’t specifically mention in its text, are not granted to the national government. Implied powers are derived from the necessary and proper clause which means that congress has the power to create laws necessary for carrying out expressed powers. For example, it that because congress has the power to collect taxes, it also has the power to set up a national bank. (federal reserve) The Constitution does not specifically say that congress has the power to create a national bank, but it implies it, because an argument can be made that a national bank is necessary for the national government to collect taxes. ( implied powers) The Consititution also gives the central government power through the Supremecy clause, which states that (all national laws and treaties “the supreme Law of the