Questions: Making Compromises Directions Write the answers to the following questions. Use complete sentences. 1. What happens when a compromise is made? 2. Under the Connecticut Compromise, how would the states be represented in the federal government? 3. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? 4. Who would control interstate trade? 5. Who would control trade between the United States and foreign nations? 6. Why was September 17,1787 , an important day?

When a compromise is made, two or more parties come to a mutual agreement by making concessions. Each party gives up something in order to reach a solution that is acceptable to all involved. This often involves negotiation and collaboration to find a middle ground that satisfies the interests of the parties.

Under the Connecticut Compromise, also known as the Great Compromise, the states would be represented in the federal government through a bicameral legislature. This compromise established two houses of Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives. In the Senate, each state would have equal representation with two senators per state, regardless of population size. In the House of Representatives, representation would be based on the population of each state, giving larger states more representatives.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It determined how enslaved people would be counted for purposes of taxation and representation in Congress. According to this compromise, each enslaved person would be counted as three-fifths of a person. This was a way to balance the interests of Southern states, which had large populations of enslaved people, and Northern states, which had fewer enslaved people.