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legislative apportionment
(Encyclopedia) legislative apportionment, subdivision of a political body (e.g., a state or province) for the purpose of electing legislative representatives. In the United States, the Constitution…reapportionment
(Encyclopedia) reapportionment: see legislative apportionment.redistricting
(Encyclopedia) redistricting: see legislative apportionment.Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and Southern Views
Apportionment and Slavery: Northern and Southern Viewsby From the speeches of Rawlins Lowndes to the South Carolina ratifying convention on January 16, 17, and 18, 1788.See also Federalist No…Apportionment of U.S. House of Representatives, 2010
See how the 2010 Census affected the apportionment of the House of Representatives. /**/ State Apportionment population (April 1, 2010) Number of apportioned representatives…Baker v. Carr
(Encyclopedia) Baker v. Carr, case decided in 1962 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tennessee had failed to reapportion the state legislature for 60 years despite population growth and redistribution.…Apportionment of U.S. House of Representatives, 1950–2000
2000 apportionment population1 Number of representatives State Total Resident population U.S. population overseas 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 Apportionment total 281,424,177 280,849,847 574,330…Fletcher, Alice Cunningham
(Encyclopedia) Fletcher, Alice Cunningham, 1838–1923, American anthropologist, b. Havana, Cuba. Originally interested in archaeology, she turned to the study of the Plains tribes. After studying…gerrymander
(Encyclopedia) gerrymandergerrymanderjĕrˈēmănˌdər, gĕr– [key], in politics, rearrangement of voting districts so as to favor the party in power. The objective is to create as many districts as…encomienda
(Encyclopedia) encomiendaencomiendaānkōmyānˈdä [key] [Span. encomendar=to entrust], system of tributory labor established in Spanish America. Developed as a means of securing an adequate and cheap…Trending
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