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 * **Issue** || **Opposing Sides** || **Compromise** ||
 * **Representation** || **Small States V. Large States**
 * Small states wanted all states to have the same number of representatives to Congress

The Constitution creates a bicameral legislature. In the House of Representatives, representation is determined by population. A census is taken every ten years to determine the population of each state. In the Senate, all states have the same number of representatives: two. || determining representation but not to count when apportioning taxes. Delegates agreed to count slaves as 3/5ths of a person when apportioning representation and taxation || Northern Businessmen** The Constitution allows the federal government to tax imports but not exports. || V. Southern Slave Owners** Congress was given the power to ban the slave trade after 1808. || The president is elected indirectly by the electoral college to a four year term of office. || http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/legacy/highschool/pjordon/ushonors/Regents%20Review/Review%20Lessons/Compromises.html
 * Large states wanted representation to be determined by the population of the state. || **The Great (Connecticut) Compromise:**
 * **Should slaves count as part of the population?** || **Southern States V. Northern States**
 * Southern States wanted slaves to count as part of the population for
 * Northern states wanted slaves to count for the purpose of taxation but not for representation || **The 3/5ths Compromise:**
 * **Tariffs** || **Southern Plantation Owners V.
 * Southerners opposed tariffs fearing they would damage the Southern economy which was heavily dependent upon trade.
 * Northerners wanted tariffs to protect their industries from foreign competition. || **The Commerce Compromise:**
 * **Slave Trade** || **Northern Abolitionists
 * Northern abolitionists wanted the Constitution to ban the (external) slave trade. They believed that slavery would eventually prove unprofitable and die out.
 * Southern Slave owners argued that slavery was vital to the economic survival of the South || **Slave Trade Compromise:**
 * **Executive Elections** || Some delegates believed the president should be elected directly by the people. Others believed that the people could not be trusted with such a decision. Opponents of direct election offered a number of alternatives including election by state legislatures. || **Compromise on Executive Elections:**