| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Legislative Branch | would pass laws |
| Executive Branch | would carry out the law |
| Judicial Branch | system of courts, would decide if the laws were carried out fairly |
| Compromise | is a settlement in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement |
| Why did New Jersey and other small states oppose the Virginia Plan? | The plan had large states could easily outvote them. |
| How did the Great Compromise satisfy large states? | It satisfied larges states by basing representation in the lower house on population. |
| How did the Great Compromise satisfy small states? | It satisfied small states because under the plan, each state – large and small - would have two representatives in the upper house. |
| What compromise did the North and South reach on the slave trade? | The compromise that Congress could not outlaw the slave trade for at least 20 years but could regulate it after that, and that states could not stop owners from reclaiming fugitives slaves. |
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