The Connecticut Compromise

question 19

Multiple Choice

The Connecticut Compromise

• A) established that each slave would count ¾ of a person for the purposes of representation.
• B) outlawed the slave trade in 1808.
• C) created a House proportionate to population along with a Senate in which all states were represented equally.
• D) balanced state powers and national authority in a federalist system.
• E) none of the above

---

Definitions:

Parallel Rights

Similar or concurrent rights held by different entities that can exist simultaneously without interfering with each other.

Equal Rights

The principle that all people should have the same legal rights and opportunities regardless of personal characteristics.

Contract Right

A legally enforceable claim that derives from a contract, allowing a party to require another party to perform or refrain from performing certain acts.

Obligor

One who owes an obligation to another.