*PLEASE HELP 20 POINTS* government history homework 9. Theories are a hypothesis that a large number of people in a society hold power. Theories are a hypothesis that only a small number of people hold power. 10. The , at least in the United States, came from three separate parts of society: the economy, the government, and the military. More importantly, __. said in his book called, ___ that the elites from each part of society tended to know each other, interact, and even move from being elite in one part of society to being elite in another.