The Sheer Size of the New Country Meant That If

question 12

Multiple Choice

The sheer size of the new country meant that if Americans were going to govern themselves, ______.

• A) self-government by direct democracy was the way to ensure that all of the major interests in society were represented
• B) direct democracy was going to be impossible and the people would have to delegate their authority to a small number of representative agents
• C) they would need to ensure that the President had a strong set of powers so that he could exercise the authority of the federal government throughout the country
• D) only a dictatorship could possibly reconcile the competing economic and religious interests in the states

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