It was the "Great Compromise" (also known as the Connecticut Compromise) that took elements of both the New Jersey and Virginia plans, and<span> settled the issue of representation in the legislature in that called for two houses in the legislature: the Senate and the House of Representatives, with the Senate having a set number of representatives per state (which favored the smaller states), and the House having representatives based on state population size (which favored the larger states). </span>
The Great Compromise, also recognized as the Connecticut Compromise, the Great Compromise of 1787, or the Sherman Compromise, was a compromise created within large and small states which partly explained the representation each state would have under the United States Constitution, as well as in government. At the time of the conference, the South was rising more quickly than the North, and Southern states had the greatest Western claims. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia were small in the 1780s, but they presumed growth, and thus supported equal representation.
Jefferson had a view against a strong central government he instead believed giving power to the citizens of the United States at the local level, whilst Alexander believed in a strong central government along with having a national bank, his idea came to fruit because he helped create a national bank
Lincoln believed that American democracy meant equal rights and equality of opportunity. But he drew a line between basic natural rights such as freedom from slavery and political and civil rights like voting. He believed it was up to the states to decide who should exercise these rights.
It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
