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constitution a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government Articles of Confederation the first written plan of government for the US; a firm league of friendship between 13 states congress the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, delegates 55 delegates from 12 states attended the Constitutional Convention; the well-bred, well-fed, well-read, well-wed framers the delegates that attended the Constitutional Convention The Great Compromise the plan that kept a two-house Congress; the House of Representatives would represent the people; the Senate would represent the states Three-Fifths Compromise the compromise that settled how slaves were to be counted in determining a state's population; 3/5 of a person Senate one house of Congress which represents the state; each state would have 2 senators, to be electd by their state legislatures House of Representatives one house of Congress that represents the people; the number of representatives from each states would be based on the state's population Legislative Branch the lawmaking part of government Veto to reject a proposed law or a bill, only the president can do this Bill a proposed law Law any written or positive rule or collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution bicameral having two lawmanking parts - comes from Latin words meaning 'two rooms' executive branch the part of the government that carries out the laws oath of office the solemn promise the new president makes to defend the Constitution impeach to formally accuse an official of a crime related to official duties State of the Union It fulfills a Constitutional Requirement: Article Two, Section Three: "He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, Supreme Court the last stop in the judicial system; nine members called justices; they serve for life Judicial Branch the part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws checks and balances the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches confederation an association of states who cooperate for a common purpose compromise an agreement in which both sides in a dispute agree to give up something they want in order to achieve a settlement checks these allow one branch to block the actions of another branch balances these allow each branch of the government to hae some role in the actions and power of the other branches