SO EASY NOT JOKING The Great Compromise
(Populated States vs. the Less Populated States)

Perhaps the biggest arguments during the Constitutional Convention came when delegates of the convention argued how representation to the government should be divided between the states. States with large populations wanted to be represented in Congress based on the population of each state. The bigger the population, the more representatives that state sent to Congress. This was known as the Virginia Plan.
The states with smaller populations did not agree. They thought the population should not matter. They thought each state should send an equal amount of representatives to Congress. This was known as the New Jersey Plan.
How the founding fathers settled this argument was called the Great Compromise. They decided that Congress would be divided into 2 chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each would have a different method to determine how many members from each state would be sent to Congress.

What’s the Difference?

Article 1 of the Constitution established some clear differences between the House and Senate. Read through the differences below and choose whether or not the statement applies to the House, the Senate, or Both (House & Senate) as a whole. Circle or highlight the correct answer.

Representation is based on the New Jersey Plan.

House Senate Both

A candidate must be at least 25 years old.

House Senate Both

They can serve an unlimited amount of terms.

House Senate Both

Representation is based on the Virginia Plan.

House Senate Both

All members serve a two-year term.

House Senate Both

Brings the charges of impeachment.

House Senate Both

Members serve a term of six years.

House Senate Both

They must approve the President’s choice for the Supreme Court.

House Senate Both

They are members of Congress.

House Senate Both

It has the most members.

House Senate Both

Has the power to propose bills. (Make laws)

House Senate Both

Members must be 30 years old.

House Senate Both

The Speaker presides over this chamber.

House Senate Both

The minority party can filibuster to stop a bill by the majority party.

House Senate Both

Serves as the jury in an impeachment trial.

House Senate Both

Meet in the nation’s Capitol building.

House Senate Both

Has the power to approve treaties.

House Senate Both

Has the power to approve Presidential appointments for federal offices.

House Senate Both

The “power of the purse,” to tax and spend public money for the national government.

House Senate Both

The Vice President presides in this chamber.

House Senate Both

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native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.

the years following the end of world war i were a period of deep social tensions, aggrevated by high wartime inflation. food prices more than doubled between 1915 and 1920; clothing costs more than tripled. a steel strike that began in chicago in 1919 became much more than a simple dispute between labor and management. the steel strike of 1919 became the focal point for profound social anxieties, especially fears of bolshevism.

organized labor had grown in strength during the course of the war. many unions won recognition and the 12-hour workday was abolished. an 8-hour days was instituted on war contract work and by 1919, half the country's workers had a 48-hour work week.

the war's end, however, was accompanied by labor turmoil, as labor demanded union recognition, shorter hours, and raises exceeding the inflation rate. over 4 million workers--one fifth of the nation's workforce--participated in strikes in 1919, including 365,000 steelworkers and 400,000 miners. the number of striking workers would not be matched until the depression year of 1937.

the year began with a general strike in seattle. police offers in boston went on strike, touching off several days of rioting and crime. but the most tumultuous strike took place in the steel industry. then some 350,000 steelworkers in 24 separate craft union went on strike as part of a drive by the american federation of labor to unionize the industry. from management's perspective, the steel strike represented the handiwork of radicals and professional labor agitators. the steel industry's leaders regarded the strike as a radical conspiracy to get the company to pay a 12-hour wage for eight hours' work. at a time when communists were seizing power in hungary and were staging a revolt in germany, and workers in italy were seizing factories, some industrialists feared that the steel strike was the first step toward overturning the industrial system.

the strike ended with the complete defeat of the unions. from labor's perspective, the corporations had triumphed through espionage, blacklists, and the denial of freedom of speech and assembly and through the complete unwillingness to recognize the right of collective bargaining with the workers' representatives.

during the 1920s, many of labor's gains during world war i and the progressive era were rolled back. membership in labor unions fell from 5 million to 3 million. the us supreme court outlawed picketing, overturned national child labor laws, and abolished minimum wage laws for women.

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