What's the historical impact of the Great Compromise upon government today?

Answer 1

The previous poster shows what happens when someone who doesn't know simply cuts and pastes some facts from wikipedia---They never answer the question.

Now for an answer from someone that actually knows history and will actually answer your question.

1. The Great Compromise created two houses for Congress: The House of Representatives (to appease the large population states) and the Senate (to appease the small population states.)

2. As a result of this compromise we have powers divided between these two political bodies. In the Constitution one can read the details of what responsibilities each half of Congress has, but were it not for the Great Compromise there would not be the perfect division of powers and resonsibilities between the House and the Senate that we enjoy today.

And there is a response that actually addresses YOUR question.

Answer 2

The Connecticut Compromise of 1787 in the United States, also known as the Great Compromise, was struck in the creation of legislative bodies. It joined the Virginia Plan, which favored representation based on population, and the New Jersey Plan, which featured each state being equal. Roger Sherman, from Connecticut, played a large role in constructing the Compromise, creating the Senate and House of Representatives.

This was a big issue in the new United States. The small states, with low populations, wanted their voices in the governing of the US to equal to those of larger and more populated states like Virginia and New York. The Virginia Plan wanted to have more representation because a larger percent of the U.S. population was there. This way, they would have more control over what happened in America.