History of the United States I / Unit 7 USH1 0927 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Great Compromise
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The idea
Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed a Senate of two per state chosen by state legislatures, and a House proportional to population.
In practice
A settlement giving small states equality in one chamber and large states advantage in the other.
Where people slip
Senators were chosen by legislatures, not voters. Direct election required the Seventeenth Amendment, ratified nineteen thirteen.
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