In an American Future, the President Decides, When Facing Military

question 10

Multiple Choice

In an American future, the president decides, when facing military predictions of a coming conflict with China, that it is time to take power for herself.Expressing contempt for Congress, the courts, and the media, the president justifies the action on national security grounds.With these powers, the president's executive orders will now be considered supreme law, with Congress consulted on an as-needed basis.This president could be said to be leading a type of government known as _________________.

• A) a republic
• B) a flawed democracy
• C) a totalitarian government
• D) an autocracy

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Definitions:

Voice Box

Also known as the larynx, it is the organ in the throat involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.

Bronchioles

Small airways in the lungs through which air passes before reaching the alveoli, involved in the process of gas exchange.

Capillaries

The smallest blood vessels in the body's circulatory system, responsible for the exchange of water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and many other nutrients and waste substances between blood and tissues.

Larynx

The organ in the throat involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration; also known as the voice box.