“Given the increasing difference in size between the largest and smallest states, combined with other changes in the American political context[,] any effects of Senate apportionment are greater today than in the past. By reference to the one person, one vote standard, the Senate is the most malapportioned legislature in the world . . . Currently Wyoming, with fewer than half a million residents, enjoys the same level of representation as California, with more than 30 million.”

Which of the following statements best summarizes the author’s argument?

A.The Electoral College failed to anticipate growing population differences in small and large states, leading to unequal representation in the House of Representatives

B.The Three-Fifths Compromise gave small states too much representation in the Senate, leading more filibusters

C.The Great Compromise failed to anticipate growing population differences in small and large states, leaving matters unresolved

D.The amendment process detailed in Article V gave large states an unfair advantage in ratifying new amendments in the Senate

The correct answer is C) The Great Compromise failed to anticipate growing population differences in small and large states, leaving matters unresolved.

The statement that best summarizes the author’s argument is "The Great Compromise failed to anticipate growing population differences in small and large states, leaving matters unresolved."

When we are talking about the Great Compromise, we are referring to the Connecticut Compromise of 1787the agreement reached by the smallest states and the larger states of the United States to define the power and representation they were going to have in Congress and under the Constitution. After discussion, the agreement created the House of Representatives and pole would choose their representants.