U.S. Constitution - The Great Compromise

What issue did the great compromise aim to address?

The North-South division over the method by which slaves were to be counted for taxation and representation.

What did the Great Compromise do the address the issue and who proposed it?

It proposed that that representation for the lower house be based on the number of free persons and three-fifths of "all other persons," a euphemism for slaves. This was proposed by Oliver Ellsworth on July 12.

What additional clause was added in response to the compromise over representation?

The members approved Senate equality.

After the compromise what was the "conciliatory" atmosphere followed by?

The appointment of a Committee of Detail (Nathaniel Gorham of Massachusetts, John Rutledge, Edmund Randolph, James Wilson, and Oliver Ellsworth) to draw up a draft constitution while other delegates took a 10 day vacation.