Which of the Following Definitions of Democracy Matches the Ideal

question 109

Multiple Choice

Which of the following definitions of democracy matches the ideal that dominated American thought following the American Revolution?

• A) a system in which the entire population was automatically granted a direct say in political decisions
• B) the principle that men and women served as equal heads of the household and should both have a role in government
• C) an aspiration for greater social equality and expanded political knowledge and political participation
• D) a return to the purity and simplicity of premodern societies in which there were fewer laws
• E) a system nearly identical to the British governing structure, but with the new states now enjoying representation

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