First-Past-The-Post Voting Entails

question 95

Multiple Choice

First-past-the-post voting entails:

• A)a series of votes with two options; the winner of the first vote is paired with another option until all options have been voted on in pairs and there is one winner.
• B)voters ranking all available options, and the most approved of option wins.
• C)one vote with many options, and the option with the most votes wins.
• D)one vote with many options, and the option that gets to at least 51 percent wins.

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Definitions:

Monroe Doctrine

President James Monroe’s declaration to Congress on December 2, 1823, that the American continents would be thenceforth closed to European colonization, and that the United States would not interfere in European affairs.

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Lincoln-Douglas Debates

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