Under What Circumstances May States Enter into Agreements with One

question 38

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstances may states enter into agreements with one another?

• A) The agreements may not increase the power of the contracting states relative to other states or to the federal government.
• B) All states in that region must approve of the agreement.
• C) Three­fourths of both states' legislators must approve the agreement.
• D) A majority of the people in each state must approve of the agreement.
• E) The combined population of the two agreeing states must be smaller than the population of the largest U.S. state.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than information that comes later.

Bottom-up Approach

A strategy or method that begins with specific details or elements and builds up to a more general, comprehensive system or understanding.

Top-down Approach

A problem-solving strategy that starts with the big picture before breaking it down into smaller, more manageable parts.

Schema-inconsistent

Pertains to information or events that do not fit within existing cognitive frameworks or expectations.