1. Three-Fifths Compromise agreement that three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted for representation and taxation agreement that three-fifths of a state's slave population would be counted for representation and taxation KEY WORDS: ~represent: when a Senator takes ideas that people in his state tell him and he goes and tells the President In my own words: North does not think it is right that the South has more slaves and that creates more representation, so the South should only be able to count 3/5 th of their slaves for representation In your own words…

2. Quorum the minimum number of members that must be present for official business to take place the minimum number of members that must be present for official business to take place Key Words: Minimum: the least you can go (opposite of maximum) In my own words: the least amount of people that have to be there to have official business In my own words:

3. Majority Rule a system in which more than one half of a group holds the power to make decisions binding the entire group a system in which more than one half of a group holds the power to make decisions binding the entire group Key Words: binding: uniting or for More than half: at least 1 more than half In my own words: If like in a classroom and you vote on homework for the night or not~ and at least more than half of the people vote for no homework there will be no homework because it was more than half that wanted it. In my own words:

4. Reprieves delays or cancellations of punishments Key words: delay- you go later In my own words: when a punishment is delayed or given a different or later time than it was supposed to be or if it is cancelled, you don’t get the punishment. In my own words:.