How did the Great Compromise affect the north and south?

The compromise provided for a bicameral federal legislature that used a dual system of representation: the upper house would have equal representation from each state, while the lower house would have proportional representation based on a state’s population. 1 Why did the Great Compromise cause disagreements between northern and southern states? 2 What

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How did the Great Compromise resolve the differences between those who favored the New Jersey Plan and those who supported the Virginia Plan?

How did the Great Compromise resolve the differences between the Virginia and New Jersey plans? The Senate would have two senators for each state; the House of Representatives would be based on the state’s population. 1 How did the Great Compromise settle the differences between large and small states? 2 How did the

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How did the Dust Bowl make the Great Depression worse?

Crops began to fail with the onset of drought in 1931, exposing the bare, over-plowed farmland. Without deep-rooted prairie grasses to hold the soil in place, it began to blow away. Eroding soil led to massive dust storms and economic devastationespecially in the Southern Plains. 1 How did the Dust Bowl make the

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How did the government encourage Western settlement on the Great Plains?

Homestead Act 1 Why did the government encourage westward expansion? 2 What did the government do to encourage settlers to live in the Great Plains? 3 How did the Federal government play a role in the settlement of the Great Plains? 4 What did the US government do to encourage the settlement of

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How did the great empires of Austria and Prussia emerge from the Thirty Years war and subsequent events?

How did the two great empires of Austria and Prussia emerge from the Thirty Years’ War and subsequent events? The war depopulated the German states and weakened their unity, resulting in the emergence of many small independent states. 1 What two major powers emerged after the Thirty Years War? 2 How the Thirty

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