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The Great Compromise is also called the Connecticut Compromise or Sherman Compromise.
Connecticut Compromise = internal U.S. compromise in 1787 between more and less populous states whereby representatives are seated by population and senators are seated equally for each state

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And thus Henry Clay knew he must enlist these extraordinary talents on behalf of his Great Compromise.† (source)

No longer did the entire nation breathlessly follow Senate debates, as in the days of the Great Compromise or the Johnson impeachment.† (source)

Bitterly assailing the collection of measures which formed the "Great Compromise" and scornfully ridiculing its sponsors, he complained when he was constantly called to order by the presiding officer.† (source)

In 1820 a law was passed to admit Maine and Missouri into the Union together, one free, the other slave, as part of Henry Clay's first great compromise.† (source)

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