You must select for this assignment one of the topics provided in the following list. You must conduct research on the topic you selected and write a short (one page), essay in which you report your research findings.
1. Thomas Paine’s argument that “government is a necessary evil.”
2. Differences between a direct and a representative democracy.
3. The Word Democracy Means Different Things to Different People.
4. Totalitarian Autocracies: Fascism and Communism.
