The Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

question 38

Multiple Choice

The Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

• A)resolved the impasse between those who favored the New Jersey Plan and those who preferred the Virginia Plan.
• B)added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution in order to lessen concerns about too much power for the new government.
• C)settled the dispute about whether slavery should be permitted in the final Constitution.
• D)threw out the idea of having a monarch in the United States,opting instead for an indirectly elected president.
• E)involved all of these elements.

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