Madison and de Tocqueville both believed that voluntary groups ______.
A. threatened democracy and should be prohibited
B. despite the risks, were essential to an egalitarian social and political system
C. were unlikely to form in a republic
D. were a nuisance; placing the right to assemble in the Constitution had been a mistake because it led to the establishment of so many interest groups
Answer: B
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a. sustainable economic development b. environmental governance c. time horizon d. international organization
During the last two decades of the twentieth century, Texas went through a political _____
a. realignment b. dealignment c. revolution d. devolution e. vacillation
The rise of television caused
A) more and varied newspapers to develop, because people became more interested in politics. B) newspapers to start putting out evening editions to compete with the nightly news. C) the number of cities with more than one newspaper to decline dramatically. D) the big media companies to move from newspapers to television, so more newspapers became independently owned. E) an increase in newspaper readership
How is the partisan nature of the Texas state legislature changing?
A. Voting on major policy issues has become increasingly characterized by a coalition of liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans opposing moderates of the two parties. B. When the Republicans took control of the Texas state legislature, it did so on a platform of zero cooperation with the Democrats, and there is now less bipartisanship than in the U.S. Congress. C. Under Republican leadership, bipartisanship initially continued, but there has since been increasing partisanship and less willingness to compromise on selected major issues. D. When the Republicans took control, they maintained the practice of appointing an equal number of Democrats to leadership positions, a practice that continues today.