What is another name for the Connecticut Compromise?

• A. Great Compromise
• B. Three-Fifths Compromise
• C. New Jersey Plan
• D. Virginia Plan

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is how the framers solved the clash over representation in Congress. The Connecticut Compromise created a bicameral legislature: the lower house would have representation based on population, while the upper house would have two senators per state. This blend drew from the Virginia Plan’s population-based representation and the New Jersey Plan’s equal-state representation, which is why it’s also called the Great Compromise. The Three-Fifths Compromise is a different agreement about counting enslaved people for representation and taxation, not about the structure of Congress. The other plans—New Jersey and Virginia—were the competing proposals that the Connecticut Compromise combined, not alternative names for it.