Is queensland and victoria, named after queen victoria?

Which of the following is not one of the five informal ways to amend the constitution? oa) state legislation ob) presidential actions oc) supreme court decisions od) political party activities

1.     in what kind of government does a small group have a firm control over a country?  

Plz which of the following provisions of the compromise of 1850 was designed to appeal to slave states? a. congress passed a strict fugitive slave law. b. the slave trade was banned in washington dc. c. texas agreed to give away some of its land so that the territory would be available for future states. d. california was admitted to the union as a free state.