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Potential amendments to the Constitution are given how many years to be ratified by the states before being pulled from consideration?
It's either five, six, seven, or ten.
Compromises of constitution?
There was conflict between the least populated states and greatly populated states in terms of representation. If too much representation was given to the big states, the smaller states there would be an imbalance of power. In addition to this, there was also conflict between those who wanted slaves to count for representation power. The result of that conflict was the Three-Fifths Compromise. In many senses, the constitution was a compromise on many fronts.
What are powers not specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution?
There are many powers not given to the Federal government in the Constitution. Specifically it states that any power not specifically granted to the government will be reserved for the States (interpreted as for the people).
How many years after the The Declaration of Independence was signed was the US Constitution written?
A bit more than 11 years. The Declaration was adopted formally as of July 4, 1776. The Constitution was written, that is, put in final form to be submitted to the states for ratification on September 17, 1787.
By 1820 how many states were in the unites states?
16000 slaves were in the united states
