What is the core idea that shapes democracy?
a. Minorities have the full power of decision making over all matters that affect them.
b. The people may not be right but the people are never wrong.
c. Ordinary people are capable of making choices about self-governance.
d. Policy is determined by tyranny of the majority.
c
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The American nation's experience with representative government dates back to the founding of the House of Burgesses in ________.
A. 1689 B. 1775 C. 1619 D. 1651 E. 1763
Compared to other states, California has very few governmental entities at the state and local levels combined.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Federalist arguments in response to Antifederalist concerns over the Bill of Rights were included in ______ by Alexander Hamilton.
a. Federalist No. 10 b. Federalist No. 11 c. Federalist No. 51 d. Federalist No. 84
The net effect of the Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden was ______.
A. reversing its ruling in Marbury v. Madison B. protecting the policy responsibilities of the states via the Tenth Amendment C. restructuring the meaning of the Seventeenth Amendment D. creating a powerful precedent that allowed future national policy to develop free of the constraints of state prerogatives