<span>On January 29, 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, effectively banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of intoxicating liquors. The law, which ushered in the era known as Prohibition, went into effect one year later. Although the amendment occurred at the federal level, as of the time Prohibition legally went into effect, 33 states had already enacted their own prohibition laws</span>
The Gupta empire was made up of
Brahims a.k.a the priests
Vaishyas a.k.a merchants and tradesman
Shudras a.k.a Peasants
Kshatriyas a.k.a warrior and rulers
The fourth choice satisfies this list.
The correct answer is: D. They believed that representatives were better able to vote on national issues than ordinary citizens were.
Explanation
The excerpt contrasts ancient democracies, that were characterized by tyranny and run by mobs, to the idea of a large government representation so as to demostrate that whenevever a group of people is assembled, no matter who is in it, they tend to make the wrong decisions, that is, decisions led by passion instead of reason as stated in the excerpt:
"<em>passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason".</em>
Moreover, Federalists wanted a strong national government, instead of granting the power to the states, and believed that only one person could represent 30.000 people.
