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What was the purpose of the reapportionment act of 1929?
Membership in the House needed to be capped to prevent an excessive number of members.
Any system of government in which rule is by the people is called?
A democracy is a system of government in which all eligible citizens are meant to participate equally â?? either directly or, through elected representatives. The term democracy originates from the Greek word demokratia which means rule of the people.
What controversy was settled by the great compromise?
The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, solved the issue of how the states were represented in congress. Resolved in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise solved the problem of representation for smaller states by having Congress have two senators for the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives, based on population of the state.
How many people work in the us capitol building?
the senators and Representatives
A leader of the continental congress?
Peyton Randolph is the first president of the Continental Congress. He was also a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia.
