What Mechanism Forces Leaders to Be Responsive to the Peoples

question 39

Multiple Choice

What mechanism forces leaders to be responsive to the peoples' wishes and to be responsible to them for their actions?

• A) the contested election
• B) representative government
• C) majority rule
• D) town meetings
• E) a social contract

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Definitions:

Attrition Strategy

A military strategy aimed at wearing down an opponent through continuous losses in personnel and material.

Brutality

The extreme cruelty or inhumanity of actions, often used in the context of violence by authorities or during conflicts.

Vietnam War

A protracted conflict from the late 1950s to 1975 in Vietnam, featuring North Vietnamese forces against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.

My Lai

A village in Vietnam where a mass murder was carried out by U.S. Army soldiers in 1968 during the Vietnam War.