The Great Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention resulted in
a. the establishment of the office of president
b. the counting of slaves as three-fifths of a person
c. the establishment of the new nation's capital in an area between Virginia and Maryland
d. the establishment of a legislature of two houses, a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate with equal representation among the states
e. setting the date for the end of slavery as 1808
Ans: d. the establishment of a legislature of two houses, a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate with equal representation among the states
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