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| 97670167 | Great Compromise | An agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that gave each state an equal number of senators regardless of its population but linked representation in the House of representatives to population. | |
| 97670168 | Three-fifths compromise | An agreement reached at the constitutional convention of 1787 that decided every slave would be counted as three fifths of a person. | |
| 97671001 | Bicameralism | The two house system. | |
| 97672510 | Expressed Powers | The notion that the Constitution grants to the federal government only those powers significantly named its text. | |
| 97672511 | Necessary and Proper Clause | Article 1 Section 8 of the constitution, which enumerates the power of congress and provides Congress with the authority to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry them out, also referred to as the elastic clause. | |
| 97672512 | Judicial Review | The power of the courts to declare actions of the legislative and executive |
