During the Old System, most members of Congress
A) wanted to be career legislators.
B) did not serve more than one or two terms.
C) were more important than mayors or governors.
D) enjoyed the power of an activist federal government.
E) served lifetime terms of office.
Question 2
One of the great puzzles surrounding the ever-increasing expectations we have of government is the fact that
A) the Constitution is designed to make it difficult for government to act.
B) the federal courts have facilitated these expectations.
C) few government officials have welcomed such change.
D) Americans seem to know less and less about government and politics.
E) political participation has continually decreased.
