| A | B |
| The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 | balanced the interests of states with large and small populations; settled a dispute over how the states would be represented in Congress; resolved a conflict over representation in Congress |
| the Three-fifths Compromise | solved a dispute directly related to representation in Congress |
| other compromises reached at the 1787 Constitutional Convention | the compromise to establish a bicameral legislature; the compromise to create a Congress made up of a Senate and a House of Representatives |