Question

The compromises created in the Constitution to deal with the largest tensions at the Convention far from settled major issues facing the US; this failure to settle tensions has had contemporary consequences. Do you believe the Constitution could have better settled these tensions and still been ratified? How? You may choose to either focus on one particular tension or address all three.
a. Agrarian v. Merchant States
b. Populous v. less populous states
c. Federalist v. Anti Federalist

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Populous v. less populous states

The Constitution addressed this debate with the Connecticut compromise.

The compromise established a bicameral Congress composed of a Senate and a House of Representatives.

Seats in the Senate would be assigned according to state membership: each state would have two senators regardless of population, benefiting the least populous states.

Seats in the House would be assigned according to population size, benefiting the most populous states.