As a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, if you were worried about uninformed voters influencing electoral outcomes, which proposal would you have supported?
A)direct election of the president by citizens in a single election
B)election of the president through a series of small town hall meetings
C)selection of the president by workers councils in a series of meetings
D)indirect election of the president by the Electoral College
D
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a. Their early Colonial settlement b. The strength of their local governments c. Their ethnic-based politics d. Their low levels of political participation and voter turnout
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) help make bureaucracies more efficient by
a. facilitating groupthink. b. providing methods to be followed in carrying out tasks once a decision is made. c. preventing rivalries among bureaucratic agencies. d. All of the above are true.
Which of the following states currently practices ethno-federalism?
a. Germany b. Britain c. Russia d. Iran e. Nigeria
African Americans began to make their presence felt in Washington, D.C. by ______.
a. violent action b. nonviolent protest c. calling for new legislation d. voting in larger numbers