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Congressional measure admitting a US territory into the union as a state?
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∙ 14y ago
its called Act of admission
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∙ 13y agoAct of admission
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What is it called when congressional measure admitting a US territory in to the union as a state?
act of admission
A congressional act directing a territory that wants to become a State to frame a porposed State constitution is called?
Act of admision
How did sectionalism enter American politics between 1819 and 1821?
principally in admitting Missouri, a slave state, and Maine, a free state, into the Union at the same time, and in regulating slavery in the former Louisiana Territory
The process of admitting a new state begin with?
The process of admitting a new state begins with asking Congress' permission. The entire process lies in the discretion of Congress.
Congressional district boundaries are drawn by?
State legislatures in each state are responsible for drawing congressional district boundaries. There are 435 congressional districts in the United States.
The following are features of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 except it prohibited slavery in the territory it established guidelines for admitting new states it encouraged public education?
The following are features of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 governed the territory of what are now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, as in all territory ordinances, was written in line with what was at that time federal law. It allowed indentured servitude, except it prohibited slavery in the territory. It established guidelines for admitting new states, and it encouraged public education. Many of these ordinances were developed into the constitution when the territory became a state .
Who redraws congressional districts?
State legislatures redraw the congressional districts every ten years.
What was ordered by the north west ordiance?
The Northwest Ordinance chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. It also contained three provisions: 1) a division of the Northwest Territory into "not less than three nor more than five States" 2) a three-stage method for admitting a new state to the Union 3) a bill of rights protecting religious freedom, the right to a writ of habeas corpus, the benefit of trial by jury, and other individual rights
Who is responsible for drawing congressional district?
The state legislators redraw congressional districts.
What is the first step in admitting a new state?
You have to have 60,000 citizens
Each state is divided into as many congressional districts as it has what?
How is states Divided into congressional districts
What law tells how territoy can become a state?
Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution gives Congress the power to admit a state or territory, or to permit it to secede from the union. Congress does so by passing a law admitting the state. There was a law passed to admit Alaska and one to admit Hawaii.
