Question

Why did the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise involve so much debate and discussion at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 1

Why?  Because each state was looking out for its personal interests in regard to representation in Congress.

The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise both focused on  the representation of states in Congress.   Both of these compromises were devised during the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787.  

• The Great Compromise resolved a dispute between small population states and large population states.  The large population states wanted representation in Congress to be based on a state's population size.  The smaller states feared this would lead to unchecked dominance by the big states; they wanted all states to receive the same amount of representation.  The Great Compromise created a bicameral (two-chamber) legislature.  Representation in the House of Representatives would be based on population.  In the Senate, all states would have the same amount of representation, by two Senators.
• The Three-Fifths Compromise was a way of accounting (somewhat) for the population of slaves in states that permitted slavery.  For taxation and representation purposes, the question was whether slaves should count in the population figures.  (They were not considered voting citizens at that time.)   The Three-Fifths Compromise said that three out of every five slaves could be counted when determining a state's population size for determining how many seats that state would receive in the House of Representatives.

Answer 2

The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise involve so much debate and discussion as Each state was looking out for its personal interests and needs.(c)

Further Explanations:

Both the Comprises were introduced in the “Constitutional Convention” of the United States held in 1787 and were pinpointing at the representation of each State in the Legislature.

“Three-Fifths Compromise” was introduced in the convention seeking  to which it was argued that the slaves should be reckoned or not.  In the cases of tax dogma and representation determinations, it was argued whether slaves will be counted in the laypeople figures or will not be measured as the inhabitants. The compromise concluded that three out of each five slave will be reckoned while defining a state's populace and the number of  seats will it  receive in the “House of Representatives”. The overall conclusion was that three out of each five slaves were counted a third more seat was approved to “Southern States” in the Legislature.

“Great compromise” was a representative plan that unified the States of former United States through a constitutional convention. The principal motive of the promise was to switch the “Article of Confederation”. The minor states feared it  would lead to unobstructed dominance of the big states. They emphasized on equivalent representation of States. The Compromise created a two-house legislature in which representation for “House of Representatives” was as per the populace and a Senator from each State.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High school

Subject: US History  

Chapter: Great compromise

Keywords: Constitutional Convention, United States, Three-Fifths Compromise, tax  , bicameral legislature, resident, Southern States, Great compromise, Article of Confederation, Congress, House of Representatives,