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)

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

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

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

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

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The correct response is: The designers of the government borrowed elements of these governments in structuring the U.S. federal government.

The framers of the U.S. Constitution were influenced by the concepts of democracy, citizen participation, and governance from both Greek and Roman examples, but they adapted these ideas to fit a new context and created a federal system with a checks and balances system that was different from the direct democracy of Athens or the republic of Rome.