POS2041 Quiz 1 (Broward College)

Bicameral legislature

A legislative system with two houses, where representation is based on state population.

Unicameral legislature

A legislative system with one house, where each state has one vote, ensuring equal power for smaller states.

The Great Compromise

An agreement establishing a bicameral Congress with equal representation in the Senate and population-based representation in the House of Representatives.

Congressional powers

The extensive powers granted to Congress, including taxation, maintaining an army, regulating trade, and declaring war.

Fugitive slave clause

A provision in Article IV requiring states to return escaped slaves to their owners.

Three-Fifths Compromise

An agreement allowing slaveholding states to count three-fifths of their enslaved population for representation and taxation purposes.

Reserved powers

Powers not explicitly granted to the national government, intended to be exercised by the states.