The act of __________ is merely the starting point for political participation

A state establishes a school voucher program where students or parents can choose to give the voucher money to either secular or religious schools. The Supreme Court is likely to rule this state program

A) unconstitutional, because it can amount to a government establishment of religion. B) unconstitutional, because the voucher program would amount to an excessive entanglement between government and religion. C) constitutional, because it allows a religious student to pursue his or her free exercise to attend a religious school. D) constitutional, because the establishment clause of the Constitution only applies to federal programs and not to state policies. E) constitutional, because the program does not favor religious schools over nonreligious schools when it is the student or parent making the choice.

When a small group of elites determines most of the political decisions, it is said that the government is

a. a democracy. b. an anarchy. c. an oligarchy. d. an autocracy