The American Founders created the Electoral College because they
a. Distrusted total popular sovereignty after the French Revolution
b. Wanted to ensure sometimes the popular vote winner would lose the White House
c. Wanted to ensure slaves could not vote
d. Wanted to ensure women could not vote
e. Hoped that the electors would eventually restore the monarchy
Ans: a
You might also like to view...
The vestiges of Charlemagne's empire were invaded in the 9th century by all of the following groups except:
a. Angles. b. Muslims. c. Vikings. d. Magyars.
What ignited the antiradical "Red Scare" of 1919-1920? What could the president have done to quell the rising tide of hysteria? Why did the Red scare come to an end so quickly?
What will be an ideal response?
What do hulks and the Auburn system have in common?
A. both were outgrowths of socialism B. both were utopian socialist movements C. both were penal methods D. both applied classical economics to agrarian reform
What effect did the formation of NATO have on the Cold War?
A) It changed the Cold War into a full-scale military confrontation. B) It intensified Russian fears of the West and escalated the Cold War. C) It had no effect on the Cold War. D) It decreased Russian fears of the West and lessened the intensity of the Cold War. E) It dissolved the tensions between Russia and the United States and ended the Cold War.