Does the modern United States have more in common with Athens or Sparta? Explain.

Athens

Explanation:

I think the United States has more in common with Athens than it does Sparta. Athens was one of the first civilizations to practice democracy, the used pebbles to cast votes. And the United States is also ruled by a democracy.

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”

c) many feel that their votes do not count eliminate