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The Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention led to an agreement that slaves would be counted as three-fifths persons in the census for purposes of determining representation in Congress.

A system in which power is constitutionally divided between a central government and state governments is called

The United States has one of the highest voter turnout rates in the world.

Dual Federalism is defined as

The requirement of a drinking age provision before states can receive federal highway aid is an example of

What was the original, sole, and express purpose of the convention in Philadelphia?

Politics is defined by Harold Lasswell as

Elite and class theory holds that

The writers of the Constitution were unanimously and devotedly committed to democracy.

A political issue arises when people disagree about a problem or about a public policy choice made to combat a problem.