Which of the following explains why the US government is considered a federal system a. The people elect national and state leaders in government

b. power shared between national government and state governments

c. foreign policy is handled by state governments

d. each state has one vote in Congress making it fair and equal

Why would southern delegates to the constitutional convention have opposed the three-fifths compromise? a) they feared that the president would eventually become "king" in the united states. b) they believed it would be insufficient in protecting the united states from invasion. c) they opposed the creation of a congress that would give states an equal number of senators. d) they wanted their full population of slaves to be counted for purposed of congressional representation.