In a democracy, the legitimacy of the government is based on _____
a. the existence of a written constitution
b. the government's willingness to protect property rights
c. the existence of an absolute right to freedom of expression
d. the people's participation in making the laws that govern them
e. the principle of "innocent until proven guilty" in criminal law
d
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In discussing the role of juries, the text concluded all of the following except that:
A. states are now permitted to have trial juries with fewer than 12 members. B. states are no longer required to demand a unanimous verdict of the trial jury in order to produce a criminal conviction. C. reducing the size of juries and permitting conviction by less than a unanimous decision helps the defendant in criminal cases. D. states are relying less and less on grand juries to produce criminal indictments.
Which event helped to shape the partisan patterns of the North and South for nearly a century?
A) Revolutionary War B) Great Depression C) Civil War D) civil rights movement E) adoption of the new Constitution