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The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan were brought together in the Connecticut Compromise. This compromise helped create a defining characteristic of Congress. Which characteristic of Congress BEST fits in the blank above?

A.

Senate Subcommittees

B.

Bicameral Legislature

C.

House Subcommittees

D.

President Pro Tempore

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The characteristic of Congress best fits in the blank above would be "Bicameral Legislature" This was to accommodate for the smaller states having less representation. 

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The correct answer is B) Bicameral Legislature.

The characteristic of Congress is Bicameral Legislature.

The Connecticut Compromise was also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 because it represented an important agreement over a complicated dispute. The states agreed on how much power should the larger and smaller states should have under the new United States Constitution, defining the representation of the states. Another important result of the agreement was the creation of the bicameral legislature, the House of Representatives.

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