The sheer size of the new country meant that if Americans were going to govern themselves, ______.
A. self-government by direct democracy was the way to ensure that all of the major interests in society were represented
B. direct democracy was going to be impossible and the people would have to delegate their authority to a small number of representative agents
C. they would need to ensure that the President had a strong set of powers so that he could exercise the authority of the federal government throughout the country
D. only a dictatorship could possibly reconcile the competing economic and religious interests in the states
Answer: B
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