The correct answer is <span>d. a part of being politically engaged.
They believed that religious salvation was a thing that the entire nation should strive towards. It was not just a spiritual thing but rather a political one where people could be good and ethical according to the Christian tradition and earn salvation both in life and after it.</span>
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The Watergate scandal can be considered a sign of weakness in the American democracy & government in that it was hidden by the government officials that tried everything to maintain the issue as a secret until the Washington Post revealed the scandal. Journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward revealed that President Nixon had a role in the conspiracy and knew about the trespassing of thieves into the Democratic National Committee on June 17, 1972.
After this revelation, millions of Americans felt disillusioned with American politics and the way their officials tried to lie or manipulate the information. This scandal represented a hard hit to American politics.
Not quite enough to answer really
