STAAR Points 11 Flashcards
Plan of government that called for a bicameral legislature with representation based on a state’s population (proportional representation)
Virginia Plan
Plan of government that has called for a one-house (unicameral) legislature with each state having equal representation
New Jersey Plan
The framers of the Constitution created a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the upper house (Senate) and proportional representation in the lower house (House of Representatives)
Great Compromise
Allowed the southern states to count each save as 3/5 of a person in their populations for determining representation
3/5 Compromise
MAKES the law
Legislative branch
ENFORCES the law
Executive branch
INTERPRETS the law
Judicial branch