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audie

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The Twelfth Amendment
 
  a. abolished the Electoral College.
  b. guaranteed that the winner of the national popular vote would also win the electoral college.
  c. provided for casting separate Electoral College votes for president and vice president.
  d. lowered the voting age to eighteen.
  e. extended suffrage to the African American population.

Question 2

The framers' original idea to have an Electoral College was
 
  a. based on the concept of direct democracy.
  b. to strengthen the two-party system.
  c. to eliminate the need for factions.
  d. to have electors use their own discretion in deciding who would make the best president.
  e. to strengthen third party competition.



emilymalinowski12

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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