The three-fifths compromise agreed to count slaves as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation

One advantage of decentralized power in a federal system is that it:

a. provides the legislative branch with more power than the executive branch b. makes legislation easier to pass c. is a natural check on the power of the federal government d. is less susceptible to corruption

______ states that the leadership of organization such as political parties will never be faithful to the program and constituency that gave rise to the organization in the first place.

A. Strategic effect of electoral laws B. Duverger’s theory C. Michels’s iron law of oligarchy D. Freezing hypothesis