Constitution 2

2. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in Congress
4. Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in Congress
6. Executive, Legislative, Judicial
7. A group of people who have the power to make laws (Congress)
9. An action taken by Congress to reverse or overrule a presidential veto
11. system used to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch
12. Written by William Paterson. It represented the smaller states andsaid that each state should have the same number of representatives no matter the population.

1. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
3. one of the chambers of Congress that comprises the Legislative Branch of the United States government. Currently 435 representatives
5. the legislature of the United States government
8. written by James Madison. It represented the desires of the larger states and said that the number of representatives to Congress should be based on the state's population.
10. One of the chambers of Congress. There are exactly 100 Senators in the Senate. Each state elects two Senators