In the united states, both the executive branch, led by the president, and the legislative branch, led by congress, share responsibility for passing laws. if congress passes a bill that the president disagrees with, the president can veto it, preventing it from becoming law. congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote in each of its two legislative houses. which idea does this scenario best represent? a. popular sovereignty b. human rights c. social contracts d. checks and balances

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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