Madison believes that in a nation with a large population, factions would have less power in a republican government because
a. the citizenry is too spread out to form factions
b. with a large population, factions could not gain overwhelming power
c. it's unlikely a majority of a large population would agree on issues
d. states have far smaller populations than the country as a whole

I believe the answer is: D. states have far smaller populations than the country as a whole

Factions is formed when a group of people in a certain area gather together to execute their own plan which might oppose the rule of the federal government. In a large population, the population is too spread out even if a factions if formed, it could easily be override by other population in different area.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.