What did the states think of the Great Compromise? How did the Great Compromise cause the two chambers of Congress to differ in a number of ways? Should politicians compromise on core principals? Is compromise sometimes essential to effective government? read more
The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. read more
Gerrymandering has rendered the house of reps unbalanced, thereby destroying the method that was to follow the great compromise. If elections, local and federal, are rigged to favor republicans, all progress to be fairly represented is lost and the great compromise is proven to have failed. read more