Mississippi senator Trent Lott described his job as Senate majority leader in the 1990s as the "easiest thing to do in my life."

Why were the Founders worried about the popular assemblies that had been implemented by the states at the time of the Constitutional Convention?

a. the assemblies lacked real democratic mechanisms b. the assemblies violated the republican notions of a deliberative legislative body insulated from popular opinion c. the assemblies were voting to overturn slavery in the southern states d. the assemblies contradicted the values of a unitary system embedded in the philosophies of the Founders

In the context of Brazil, and more generally Latin America, the term populism refers to

a. allowing "the people" to determine the basic political processes and principles of governance. b. relying upon the political support of regional strongmen to rule. c. promising labor unions specific wage guarantees in order to gain their political support to keep them from forming communist groups to challenge the government. d. gaining the political support of previously disenfranchised sectors of society, often through manipulation and demagogic appeals. e. expanding the right to vote.