a plan that called for bicameralism, or the division of legislators into two separate assemblies.

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan

called for a single-chamber Congress with equal representation and more state authority

• Virginia Plan
• New Jersey Plan

proposed a bicameral congress with members apportioned differently in each house. The upper house, the Senate, was to have two members from each state. In the lower house, the House of Representatives, membership would be proportional to the population in each state.

• Great Compromise
• Missouri Compromise

age to serve in the house

• 25
• 30
• 35
• none

age to serve in the senate

• 25
• 30
• 35
• none

number of members in the house

• 100
• 235
• 400
• 435

number of members in the senate

• 100
• 235
• 400
• 435

term length for the house

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

term length for the senate

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

the manipulation of legislative district boundaries as a way of favoring a particular candidate

• jellymandering
• gerrymandering
• jerrymandling
• gerryhandling