| Term | Definition |
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| Amendment | the act or process of amending especially for the better. A change in wording or meaning especially in a law, bill, or motion. |
| Articles of Confederation | a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens |
| bicameral | having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body |
| census | An official, usually periodic enumeration of a population, often including the collection of related demographic information. In ancient Rome, a count of the citizens and an evaluation of their property for taxation purposes. |
| compromise | a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands |
| congress | A formal assembly of representatives, as of various nations, to discuss problems. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic. The national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The two-year session of this legislature between elections of the House of Representatives. |
| Connecticut Compromise | a compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives. |
| debate | To engage in a formal discussion or argument. |
| delegate | A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or an agent. A representative to a conference or convention. |
| dissent | to differ in opinion or disagree |
| equal representation | a method of voting by which political parties are given legislative representation in proportion to their popular vote |
| federal | formed by an agreement between political units that surrender supreme authority to a central authority but keep certain powers b : of or being a form of government in which power is distributed between a central authority and individual units |
| House of Representatives | the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies, as in the United States, Mexico, and Japan |
| legislative | of or pertaining to the enactment of laws |
| proportional representation | everyone has like or alike in quantity, degree, value of the act of representing |
| senate | an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, esp. a legislative assembly of a state or nation |
| Three Fifths Compromise | compromise suggesting that a slave can vote but a slave counts at 3/5 of a normal persons vote |
| unicameral | Having or consisting of a single legislative chamber. |
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