An underlying assumption of the text is that perfect freedom, order, and equality can never be achieved because
a. no government structure is perfectly designed.
b. some political officials will always be corrupt or incompetent.
c. these three values are inherently in conflict and cannot be provided simultaneously.
d. these three terms refer essentially to the same thing.
e. upper-class citizens do not want parity with lower- class citizens.
Ans: c. these three values are inherently in conflict and cannot be provided simultaneously.
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A. a local government in which all political positions including judgeships are elective, and none are appointive B. a presidential administration in which the ethnic make-up of the president's cabinet roughly coincides with the ethnic make-up of the country as a whole C. a bicameral national government in which seats in one house are divided equally among all the states, and seats in another house are divided among the states in proportion to their population D. a New England town meeting in which all members of the community are allowed to introduce legislation and then vote for passage or rejection of legislation E. a national government in which all the people have the right to express their opinion and cast their vote for the person whom they wish to elect to the presidency
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) __________.
A. invalidated the Missouri Compromise B. declared the "one man, one vote" rule C. challenged the right to own slaves D. established school segregation