Obama chose to distance the United States from the dictatorship of __________ once a democracy movement erupted there challenging his right to rule.

Early American presidents

A) often openly criticized Congress and its actions. B) rarely spoke in public. C) often gave important public speeches to outline their policies. D) went to Congress to give the State of the Union. E) never interacted with Congress.

A nineteenth-century writer who noted the tendency of Americans to form groups was

A) Robert A. Dahl. B) C. Wright Mills. C) Alexis de Tocqueville. D) Richard H. Rovere. E) Richard Wells.