What aspect of us democracy does this scenario illustrate? congress can ratify amendments to the constitution without input from states. states will ratify amendments to the constitution even if citizens disagree with them. individuals can influence decisions on the ratification of constitutional amendments. states can choose to ratify amendments to the us constitution when they want to.

sense of self-interest

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capitalism is an economic system that works around the concept of wealth creation in the pursuit of economic growth for the nation while mercantilism focuses on wealth accumulation through extraction of wealth which they believe is measured by the amwount of gold bollions that the nation has in its possession.

the system of checks and balances is very important to the us constitution. it makes sure that all three branches of government have limited power. that they do not have too much power. with this system they can limit the amount of power that each one has. that way no branch becomes too powerful.

an example of this is how the executive branch can veto bills from the legislative branch but the legislative branch can still override that veto. the name checks and balances come from the power for one branch to check the   power of another branch to make sure that everything is balanced between all three.

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