how did
conflicting viewpoints influence the development of U. S. government?

Conflicting viewpoints often slow down the decision making process.

Explanation:

In order for a certain legislations to be passed, the legislative branch need at least 2/3 support of its members.

The legislative branch consist of people from different political party affiliation (some of them are republicans, some are democrats, and the rest are independent).

These members often different view points on how to address a certain issue. As a result, then a certain laws  were proposed to develop United States, it is very hard to obtain the 2/3 support and caused a long period of stagnation and unproductivity within the government body.

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the correct answer is c.