The Great Compromise, of the Constitutional Convention, was: a. A compromise between the more large-state-friendly Virginia Plan for a new government and the small-state-friendly New Jersey Plan b. A compromise that left us with two houses of directly elected representatives c. More or less synonymous with the 3/5ths compromise, which allowed states with large slave populations to pad their populations for representation purposes. 4) Agencies such as the EPA, which are not a part of cabinet agencies, are called: a. Independent executive agencies b. Independent regulatory commissions c. Government corporations 5) Congress grants executive agencies the authority to: a. Make rules and regulations, which have the force of law, to carry out the nation's laws b. Make rules and regulations, which must be approved by the Supreme Court first c. Make rules and regulations that usually counteract orders of the president