The Main Reason the West Did Not Form into a Single

question 13

Multiple Choice

The main reason the West did not form into a single regional voting bloc in the early nineteenth century was that __________.

• A) it was too diverse economically
• B) western states lacked efficient spokesmen
• C) too few people lived in the West for a regional identity to take hold
• D) migrants to the West brought their previous cultural and political attitudes

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Definitions:

Space Biased

Refers to media that emphasizes the dissemination of information over large distances, favoring the extension of political and cultural influences across geographical spaces.

Marshall McLuhan

A visionary media theorist who proposed that "the medium is the message," emphasizing the impact of media technology on human perception and society.

Papyrus

An early form of writing paper developed by the Egyptians.

Movable Type

Gutenberg’s invention that allowed individual letters or images to be moved without influencing the surrounding text.