From the early through the mid-twentieth century, ________ areas were generally overrepresented in many state legislatures.

By the 1980s, positive portrayals of the U.S. political system had become uncommon due to __________

a. the Cold War and the Iran-Contra affair b. Watergate and the Vietnam War c. the failure of Ronald Reagan to connect with the public d. Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon

In the Declaration of Independence, those rights that are described as “self-evident” are also referred to as ______.

a. inalienable rights b. privileges of opportunity c. equality of opportunity d. the Bill of Rights