1. pericles says that athens is a democracy. what does he mean by democracy?

2. do you think thucydides would see athens’s role in the delian league as democratic? why or why not?

What is dallaire’s opinion about the effectiveness of the un’s peacekeeping efforts in case of genocide?

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

Which president created the cabinet? when?