our congress, made up of the senate and the house of representatives, was a compromise between which competing interests?

The United States Congress, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, was a compromise known as the "Great Compromise" or the "Connecticut Compromise." This compromise settled the conflict between the competing interests of large states and small states over representation in the new federal government. Larger states wanted representation based on population (proportional representation), while smaller states wanted equal representation regardless of size. The solution was a bicameral legislature with two houses: the House of Representatives, where representation is based on population, and the Senate, where each state has equal representation with two senators per state. This compromise balanced the interests of both large and small states and helped pave the way for the drafting and ratification of the U.S. Constitution.