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JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

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I also couldn’t teach this, so listen up! Progressive reformers also pushed for something called “initiative” (allowing people to propose their own laws), “referendum” (allowing people to vote on laws themselves), and “recall” (allowing people to vote to remove elected politicians in the middle of their terms.)
A
I can see how these things expanded democracy
B
What do words mean?
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Progressives were interested in establishing a more transparent and accountable government which would work to improve U.S. society. These reformers favored such policies as civil service reform, food safety laws, and increased political rights for women and U.S. workers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Progressive national political leaders included Republicans Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M. La Follette, and Charles Evans Hughes; Democrats William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, and Al Smith. Outside of government, Jane Addams, Grace Abbott, Edith Abbott, and Sophonisba Breckinridge were influential reformers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Progressive reformers wanted to end political corruption, improve the lives of individuals, and increase government intervention to protect citizens. The suffrage movement was part of this wave of Progressive Era reforms. Prominent suffragists led other progressive causes as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -Four constitutional amendments were adopted during the Progressive era, which authorized an income tax, provided for the direct election of senators, extended the vote to women, and prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.

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