consent of the governed,
This denotes the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to rule or apply state power is only justified and legal when agreed to by the people or society over which that political power is applied.
Answer: The First World War destroyed empires, created numerous new nation-states, encouraged independence movements in Europe's colonies, forced the United States to become a world power and led directly to Soviet communism and the rise of Hitler.
The vice president is indirectly elected, together with the president, to a four-year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College.
University's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances.
