Which statement about the differing political ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War is true? Direct democracy was the primary system in the United States, while the central government and the individual republics divided power in the Soviet Union.

Political power was based on a single executive in the United States, while executive power was shared by a seven-person council in the Soviet Union.

The people ruled through many representatives in the United States, while only a few people ruled in the Soviet Union.

The political system was controlled by an elite ruling class in the United States, while a republican government emerged in the Soviet Union.

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.