What were the key weaknesses of the confederal system under the Articles of Confederation?

What will be an ideal response?

Students' answers may vary. 

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Texas’s Office of State-Federal Relations is an example of which type of organized interest?

a. single-issue b. intergovernmental c. labor union d. trade association e. professional association

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Constructivist arguments claim that culture has a causal effect and that a democratic 2. Cultures always represent impenetrable barriers to democracy. 3. Primordial cultural arguments regarding democracy state that any culture could be compatible with democratic institutions. 4. One of the problems with the early forms of arguments about the cultural determinants of democracy is that they did not clearly specify what aspect of culture actually mattered for democracy to emerge or survive. Thus, their claims were not always presented in a falsifiable manner. 5. Mill asserted a primordialist cultural argument regarding the prospects for democracy.

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