Which of the following statements best captures the Framers' attitude toward public opinion?
A. Government functioned best when the common people combined in "factions" (or political parties) to lobby to put their public opinions into effect.
B. Government functioned best when its officials remained indifferent to public opinion.
C. Public opinion was the best guide to government policy.
D. Public opinion was to be regarded with suspicion but must not be ignored.
E. Government functioned best when common people had a variety of means to express their political opinions directly and frequently.
Answer: D
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a. the right to bear arms b. the right to petition c. the right to vote d. the right to protest
In many mountain and western states, women
a. are better represented in public office than in southern states. b. were not able to keep up with the hard frontier life, and now make up less than half the population. c. did not receive the right to vote until the Nineteenth Amendment was passed. d. pursued political office, but people in these states were not amenable to women's rights early on.
Which of the following best describes the restrictions placed on using money in political campaigns?
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In____________, the Supreme Court invalidated as a violation of the Contracts Clause an act of the Georgia legislature that rescinded the state's sale of land to private investors
a. Calder v. Bull (1798) b. Marbury v. Madison (1803) c. Fletcher v. Peck (1810) d. None of the above is true.