Question

How did Greek and Roman democracies impact the design of the U.S. government as it was being created in the eighteenth century?(1 point)

Like the ancient democracies, all citizens were eligible to vote.

Political leaders created the U.S. government with the exact same structure as the ancient democracies.

The designers of the government borrowed elements of these governments in structuring the U.S. federal government.

Early political leaders used the ancient democracies as examples of bad government that they did not wish to use.

Answer 1

The designers of the government borrowed elements of these governments in structuring the U.S. federal government.

They drew on ideas from ancient Greece and Rome—republicanism, civic virtue, separation of powers, a mixed government and a senate-like upper body—without adopting direct democracy or identical structures.