Which excerpt from the U. S. Constitution best illustrates the principle of popular sovereignty? “Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members. . . .” “The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States. . . .” “The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore. . . .” “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.” ...

“The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States. . . .”

Explanation:

This excerpt of the constitution tells us that the members of the House of Representatives are elected by popular vote in the state, more specifically, in the congressional districts. In other words, it is popular sovereignty that result in the election of members of representatives.

The House of representatives was designed under the principle of popular vote and proportional representation, while the Senate was designed under the principle of republicanism and state representation.

"a government in which power is divided between state and national levels". federalism is a system of government in which entities such and state and province, share power with the national government.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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