According to the Text, the United States's Capitalist Market System

question 29

Multiple Choice

According to the text, the United States's capitalist market system

• A) is inherently not democratic.
• B) is inherently democratic.
• C) may or may not be democratic depending on who is president.
• D) may or may not be democratic depending on which party controls Congress.
• E) may or may not be democratic depending on whether the government officials adhere to the Constitution's basic principles.

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A hard, metamorphic rock formed from quartz-rich sandstone that has been subjected to high heat and pressure.

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The use of high-pressure fluids and sand to open up fractures in limited-permeability reservoir rocks in order to extract oil and gas.

Shale Gas

Natural gas that is found trapped within shale formations, which are fine-grained sedimentary rocks.

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