87. Click on the sentence in paragraph 2
that mentions the specific way in
which the census influences
representation in the United States
government.
第二段內文:
Public numbers are a modern by-product of
new ways of thinking about government, wealth, and
security. Representative governments have required
periodic public censuses of population in order to
determine representation. The framers of the
Constitution of the United States pioneered in this
area by providing for a national census every ten
years. Established in 1790, the United States census
is the oldest continuous periodic census done by a
nation and has served as a model for the institution
elsewhere. The proposal for a ten-year census was
not the first census proposal made in the United
States. In 1776 during the American Revolution, the
committee working on a preliminary body of laws
for the new nation proposed the requirement of a
census every three years. These early lawmakers
understood the importance of the census even then.
Today, the periodic United States census is used to
determine the number of members from each state in
the House of Representatives, one of the two houses
of the United States Congress.
我選最後一句"Today, the periodic United States census is used to
determine the number of members from each state in
the House of Representatives, one of the two houses
of the United States Congress."
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