Question 19(multiple choice worth 4 points)

(05.02 hc)how was the appointment of two consuls during the roman republic an example of a democratic principle?

1) one consul represented patricians and one represented plebeians, so that all citizens had representation.

2)each consul had control over the same number of military legions, which prevented either one from a forceful takeover.

3)consuls had to agree on all decisions, which prevented any one person from gaining too much power.

4)consuls had to make decisions based on majority rule in the senate.

The correct answer is 3) Consuls had to agree on all decisions, which prevented any one person from gaining too much power.

The consuls in Rome were chosen by the Senate and elected by the people - comitia centuriata - both of them had equal power and the other could undo what the other had ordered, this was a power called Imperium.

They served for one year and could not be elected again for the next ten years. All of this prevented people from gaining too much power.

isolationism is a doctrine practiced by the united states for much of its history with the aim of not intervening in external affairs that did not pose a real threat to their country. the united states managed to maintain a state of political isolation throughout the nineteenth century and the first part of the xx. few nations have been able to maintain such a position for such a long period of time. historians argue that it is largely due to geographical reasons, given the physical distance between europe and the usa. uu the venataja of this situation is that the national state can spend its resources in satisfying all the needs of its inhabitants, without the need to invest in armament and equipment for a war that does not directly affect the country.

internationalism is a political and cultural movement that advocates for greater political and economic cooperation among nations for mutual benefit. this novimiento was transformed over time, today it includes military intervention in international conflicts with the objective of maintaining peace. the advantage of this move is in the international contacts and the influence developed by the country that carries it forward.

between the two modes of relations between states, i prefer the first, since i believe it is of the utmost importance to satisfy the needs of citizens and work for their development and as a last option to act on the international level.

the second significant cause of the great migration was the desire of black southerners to escape segregation, known euphemistically as jim crow. rural african american southerners believed that segregation - and racism and prejudice against blacks - was significantly less intense in the north.