The New Jersey Plan provided for a a. bicameral legislature with one house elected by the people and a second house selected by the first. b. bicameral legislature with one house elected by the people and the second house chosen by state legislatures. c. bicameral legislature elected by the people. d. unicameral legislature elected by the people. e. unicameral legislature with the members selected by each state legislature.

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Scarlett Flores

7 March, 11:48

The New Jersey Plan provided for a a. bicameral legislature with one house elected by the people and a second house selected by the first. b. bicameral legislature with one house elected by the people and the second house chosen by state legislatures. c. bicameral legislature elected by the people. d. unicameral legislature elected by the people. e. unicameral legislature with the members selected by each state legislature.

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Answer: Option (e) is correct.

Explanation:

New Jersey Plan also referred as Paterson Plan was known as a agreement for structure of US Government, this was given by William Paterson on 15 June, 1787 at Constitutional Convention. This plan was developed as a response towards Virginia Plan, under which the two houses of Congress were elected with allotment in accordance to the population. Therefore they developed an alternative plan in order to keep the one vote per state policy stated under legislative body jotted down in the Articles of Confederation.