Lesson 9: How Was the Philadelphia Convention Organized?
Terms
civil discourse Reasoned discussion as opposed to emotional display.
See civility
federal system See federalism
national government The organization having central political authority in a nation; the representative unit of political organization.
proportional representation In the context of American government, the electoral system in which the number of representatives for a state is based on the number of people living in the state. Proportional representation is used to determine the number of each state's representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives.