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
Question 2
The closest American approximation of direct democracy is the New England
a. town meeting.
b. straw poll.
c. primary election.
d. majority rule.
e. Athenian democracy.
