Challenges to free and fair elections in India are as follows:
(i) Candidates and parties with a lot of money may not be sure of their victory but they do enjoy a big and unfair advantage over smaller parties and independents.
(ii) In some parts of the country, candidates with criminal connection have been able to secure a 'ticket' from major parties.
(iii) Some families tend to dominate the political parties; tickets are distributed to relatives from these families.
(iv) Very often, elections offer little choice to ordinary citizens as both the major parties are similar to each other in their policies and practices.
(v) Smaller parties and independent candidates suffer a huge disadvantage as compared to the bigger parties.
European goods changed Native American culture forever.
A) Allies and the Americans bought land from the French called the Louisiana Purchase in 1803
Answer:
B. highways
Explanation:
Rivers are indicated as blue lines in maps.
Washington is a state not a country, it is part of the country; the United states.
The 2010 Affordable Care Act was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States because it allowed for people to apply for heavily subsidized health insurance, which was never existed in the US outside of Medicaid and Medicare.
