The United States Is Not a Fully Democratic Country

The United States is not a fully democratic country. The framers of the Constitution created a system in which majorities-even large majorities or their representatives in Congress-do not have the right to do anything and everything they want. The framers of the Constitution wanted to limit the power of majorities in order to:

A) encourage the growth of political parties
B) ensure that state governments would remain weak
C) enable the government to act quickly in times of crisis
D) protect the rights of individuals and minorities