According to alexis de tocqueville, why was populism a key to the united states' success as a constitutional republic? a. it demanded a moral obligation of the wealthy to support those less privileged. b. it allowed individuals to choose their own financial path in life. c. it encouraged people to share equally in the responsibilities of citizenship. d. it respected the authority of all people, not just the elites.

The correct answer is D. It respected the authority of all people, not just the elites.

Indeed, one of the five principles that Tocqueville was populism, which he described as sovereignty of the people, all the people. He also warned Americans about the dangers of aristocracy for the sovereign people and predicted that an industrial aristocracy would rise to threaten American democracy.

for starters, there is the structural trend of rising primary government expenditure as a share of gdp, which reached 36% in 2014, up from 22% in 1991. this increase reflected a political desire to address the poverty and inequality that had gone unaddressed during previous decades. to support the increase, brazil’s government increased taxes on consumption and promoted progress toward labor-market formalization. nonetheless, public investment, particularly in infrastructure, took a hit. in fact, with the exception of the 2005-2008 period, total investment as a share of gdp has remained below 20% since 1991.

the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.