In elitist theory power is seen as concentrated amongst a few groups or individuals, including the government. Elitist theory would suggest that only a few major pressure/interest groups, such as the NRA or AARP, actually have any influence, and that even they struggle to gain power because it is concentrated in the hands of a few members of government.
Democracy is a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. In a direct democracy, the citizens as a whole form a governing body and vote directly on each issue. In a representative democracy the citizens elect representatives from among themselves.
After the surrender of the Confederate Army, Lincoln is extremely conciliatory to the South. The reason why he does this is because he wants the Confederate States to rejoin the United States in a way that will help the country move forward peacefully.
With this in mind, Lincoln introduces the 10% plan. Only 10% of citizens within a particular state had to vote in agreement to join the United States again. The only condition of rejoining the US that the citizens had to agree to was the promise to never secede from the US again. This plan made it easy for the Southern states to rejoin.
Answer: 2 the social contract
Explanation:
John Locke is one of the "social contract"-philosophers. He believed that people had the right to participate in governing the state, since they were rational/sensible. Locke believed that humans were born with certain natural rights, rights of life, liberty and property.
John lock was born in 1632. The Mayflower Compact was drafted and signed by male English migrants aboard the Mayflower on November 11, 1620
He also died in 1704 so he could not have signed the declaration of independence
The 1215 Magna Carta was a conceptually groundbreaking agreement between the then unpopular English King, and the rebel Barons, limiting the power of the King.
Profits from the Americas caused growing inflation in Spain, <span>The costs of many wars rapidly emptied the Spanish treasury.</span>
