The Key Insight of Alexis De Tocqueville's Tocqueville on Democracy

question 123

Multiple Choice

The key insight of Alexis de Tocqueville's Tocqueville on Democracy was that:

• A) the most important thing about American democracy was that the majority of men could vote.
• B) American democracy was really a sham.
• C) American democracy really represented an important cultural shift.
• D) the ideology of the Whig Party was actually more democratic than that of the Democratic Party.
• E) American democracy could not exist without strong presidential leadership.

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