Constitution 2

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  1. 3. An action taken by Congress to reverse or overrule a presidential veto
  2. 4. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for equal representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress.
  3. 6. A group of people who have the power to make laws (Congress)
  4. 7. Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in Congress
  5. 10. The proposal by small states that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.
  6. 12. the lower legislative house of the United States Congress
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  1. 1. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
  2. 2. Executive, Legislative, Judicial
  3. 5. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which stateswould have equal representation in Congress
  4. 8. the legislature of the United States government
  5. 9. A council of representatives in the house of the United States Congress
  6. 11. system used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch