What aspect of democratic government did the authors of the Constitution oppose?
What will be an ideal response?
majority rule
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The percentage of eligible voters who show up on election day is called
a. democratic participation. b. foundational democracy. c. compliance. d. vote regulation. e. voter turnout.
What percentage of the Mexican population lacks access to safe drinking water and indoor plumbing?
a. Ten percent b. Twenty percent c. Thirty percent d. Forty percent e. Fifty percent
When can the U.S. Supreme Court review a state supreme court decision?
A. If there are damages in excess of $50,000 B. If the solicitor general asks it to do so C. In all cases D. In cases in which the state is a party E. Only if a federal question is involved
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed to meet behind locked doors and to keep their deliberations secret until the convention was over in order to
a. make the lobbying efforts of the special interest groups less obvious to the public. b. ensure that they would be able to give full attention to the lobbyists, without regard for how such actions might appear to the public. c. avoid becoming “beset by a horde of citizens seeking to advance their own interests.” d. hold hearings for the lobbyists who sought to shape the outcomes of the policy debates.