1. Whose method of apportionment was first adopted by Congress, and who vetoed the bill adopting it?
2. Whose method of apportionment was used instead of the one in Question 1?
3. Whose method was adopted in 1842?
4. The method in Question 1 was finally adopted in what year?
5. What is the Alabama Paradox?
6. What is the New States Paradox?
7. What is the Population Paradox?
8. Suppose we have a country with a population of 1,000,000 people and a legislature consisting of 400 seats.
a.) What is the standard divisor?
b.) If State A is part of this country and has population 67,000, what is State A's standard quota?
9. Explain why "rounding off" is the procedure at the heart of the apportionment controversy.
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