Edmund Burke
A) was a military traitor.
B) was an 18th-century British statesman.
C) always voted in a manner to represent the views of his constituents.
D) remained in Parliament until he died.
E) was the first American Speaker of the House.
B
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a. of the supremacy clause. b. the states are responsible for their own government. c. the national government will lack a military. d. the national government is too disorganized to control the states. e. the states will play a role in selecting Senators, the President, and making Constitutional Amendments.
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a. These campaigns have both reassuring and troubling aspects. b. Such efforts help to expand the amount of information available to citizens. c. These educational campaigns reflect private, one-sided viewpoints. d. Such efforts tend to ignore the general public interest. e. All of these are true of such efforts.