enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Three-fifths Compromise - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Fifths_Compromise

    In the U.S. Constitution, the Three-fifths Compromise is part of Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3: . Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and ...

  3. Supermajority - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajority

    Supermajority. A supermajority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fundamental rights of a minority, but can also hamper efforts to respond to problems and ...

  4. Guess 2/3 of the average - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_2/3_of_the_average

    Guess 2/3 of the average. In game theory, " guess ⁠ 2 3 of the average " is a game where players simultaneously select a real number between 0 and 100, inclusive. The winner of the game is the player (s) who select a number closest to ⁠ 2 3 of the average of numbers chosen by all players. [1]

  5. Treaty Clause - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Clause

    The Treaty Clause of the United States Constitution (Article II, Section 2, Clause 2) establishes the procedure for ratifying international agreements.It empowers the President as the primary negotiator of agreements between the United States and other countries, and holds that the advice and consent of a two-thirds supermajority of the Senate renders a treaty binding with the force of federal ...

  6. Wilmington massacre - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_massacre

    In other words, the Negro in Wilmington has progressed in very slight degree from the time when he was a slave. His condition can be summed up in a line. Of the taxes in the city of Wilmington and the county of New Hanover the whites pay 96 2/3rds per cent; while the Negroes pay the remainder—3 1/3rds per cent.

  7. Income in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom

    The Median Individual Disposable income as of 2018. Median household disposable income in the UK was £29,400 in the financial year ending (FYE) 2019, up 1.4% (£400) compared with growth over recent years; median income grew by an average of 0.7% per year between FYE 2017 and FYE 2019, compared with 2.8% between FYE 2013 and FYE 2017. [2]

  8. Economy of the United States by sector - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United...

    The results of this survey are tabulated according to the NAICS and provide statistics about the U.S. economy. The most recent data are from 2007. [2] The 2012 Economic Census is underway with the initial results to be available in December 2013. [3]

  9. Impeachment in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United...

    The Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, the first presidential impeachment trial in US history. In the United States, impeachment is the process by which a legislature may bring charges against an officeholder for misconduct alleged to have been committed with a penalty of removal. Impeachment may also occur at the state level if the state or ...