What was the key issue at the Constitutional Convention?
A) whether the new national government should be more or less powerful than the Confederation government.
B) whether or not slavery should be abolished.
C) how to balance the conflicting interests of large and small states.
D) how to convince the general population to support a document written by the elite.
E) when the new government could acquire additional territory.

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The key issue at the Constitutional Convention was how to balance the interests of large and small states, leading to the Great Compromise, which established a bicameral legislature.

What Was the Key Issue at the Constitutional Convention