<span>B.) the freedom to practice the religion of your choice </span>
What are the answer choices
The correct answer is <span>They tried, but Western nations were suspicious of the threat of Communism.
The western nations hated communism because of how it was implemented and how it struck down things like private ownership and nationalized everything and similar things. They didn't want to work with Stalin so Stalin signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler. He couldn't work with the West so he decided to prevent being attacked by Germans.</span>
The five correct items are:
convention
caucus
direct primary
petition
announcement
Those are the means by which candidates enter the nomination process for public elections. The two terms that don't fit are "inheritance" and "promotion." An inheritance-based system would be like the old arrangements of monarchs or nobles, where someone took over the throne or provincial government simply because he was the son of the previous king or lord. A promotion-based system would mean that persons advanced to positions of public office not through democratic election processes, but by being promoted internally within the government. For some staff positions in government that does happen, and then those are appointed positions rather than elected positions. But for elected positions in the government, democratic processes are followed. Candidates for office must at least announce their candidacy. They may need a certain number of petition signatures to get their names on the official election ballot. Or they need to get on the ballot through preliminary steps by the larger political parties, such as caucuses, direct primaries, and the conventions of the parties.
They saw themselves in the Enlightenment tradition, had faith in science and reason and believed in progress. The desire for social change shaped the Enlightenment debate about God, and led many to reject divine authority.
