Only candidates from the two major parties will, by the laws established in each of the states, automatically appear on the general election ballot. This is because the states' legislatures write the election laws for each of their individual states and in every state, the legislature is made up almost entirely of Republicans and Democrats who may not agree on many political issues but do agree that they, the two major parties, should maintain control of elections and political institutions such as the legislatures, the Congress, and the presidency. This control that the Democrats and Republicans hold over election law inhibits the growth of

Which of the following scenarios illustrates the error in thinking known as overconfidence? choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. over the years, about 45 percent of the students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course have correctly predicted their major, but their confidence in this prediction has been about 75 percent on average. maria was afraid she would fail her introductory psychology midterm. when she got an a, she convinced herself that she had known all along she would do well on the exam. over the years, about 45 percent of the students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course have correctly predicted their major, and their confidence in this prediction has also been about 45 percent on average. five students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course were unwilling to predict major because they were afraid of making an incorrect prediction.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

In what ways did the compromise of 1850 and the kansas-nebraska act of 1854 differ from the missouri compromise? both compromises used the established 36°30′ parallel to determine if territories would become free or slave states. both compromises used the mason-dixon line to determine if the territories would become free or slave states. both compromises let territories use popular sovereignty to determine if they would become free or slave states. both compromises only granted congress the power to determine if territories would become free or slave states.